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parislemon: 13 Things Roger Ebert Said Better Than Anybody...

Sat, 06 Apr 2013 12:08:20 +1100

13 Things Roger Ebert Said Better Than Anybody Else

[via Daring Fireball]

So true…

wired: Longtime readers will be familiar with...

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:54:05 +1100

Longtime readers will be familiar with Wired/Tired/Expired, our snarky cultural scorecard that began appearing in the magazine way back at the dawn of Wired. (Actually, it started as Wired/Tired, and Expired was added in 2002.)

Not content to let a good idea sit on the shelf, we’ve asked product reviews editor Michael Calore, the office’s most opinionated loudmouth, to weigh in on the topics most deserving of this year’s honors.

…Actually, on second thought, maybe we should have let this sleeping dog lie.

digitalspark: Can’t do enough exploring … or asking enough...

Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:22:22 +1100

digitalspark:

Can’t do enough exploring …

or asking enough questions.

Beautiful day! (Taken with Instagram at South Melbourne Beach)

Mon, 03 Sep 2012 15:16:42 +1000

Beautiful day! (Taken with Instagram at South Melbourne Beach)

digitalspark: What do you contribute to making you and your...

Mon, 02 Jul 2012 21:58:44 +1000

digitalspark:

What do you contribute to making you and your world better?

Nothing changes unless you contribute.

digitalspark: The keys to being good at creativity … Make time...

Sat, 09 Jun 2012 10:53:58 +1000

digitalspark:

The keys to being good at creativity …

Make time … and practice.

Be able to ask for help

Start … where matters little

Try and keep trying

You will

Yep!

huffingtonpost: “I’ve always used my phone as a camera, ever...

Sat, 19 May 2012 19:55:36 +1000

huffingtonpost:

“I’ve always used my phone as a camera, ever since the technology became available. I first got the iPhone 3, which really didn’t have a good camera on it, but the more you use a camera, the more you get to know what it can and what it can’t do. So I became very good at getting the best image that I could from a poor camera and knowing what lighting conditions work well. I also started to do a portrait project with my iPhone 3, where I took a different portrait of someone a day for six months. This was a great learning curve in terms of portrait photography and using the environment as well as how to push a camera phone to it’s limits. This was a couple of years before apps like Hipstamatic and Instagram came about, so it wasn’t as easy to shoot, edit and share as it is now. There really were not that many photography apps back then. (back then — ha ha ha, it was only a couple of years ago, but already we are talking about old school phone photography).”

Adam Bronkhorst Shows Us How To Take ‘SnApp Shots’ With Our Smartphones

Photo

Wed, 16 May 2012 22:34:29 +1000

digitalspark: In MHO, these are the main ingredients required...

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:09:16 +1000

digitalspark:

In MHO, these are the main ingredients required for innovative leadership.

digitalspark: BE ADAPTABLE TO INCREASE YOUR...

Wed, 09 May 2012 19:08:54 +1000

digitalspark:

BE ADAPTABLE TO INCREASE YOUR COMPETITIVENESS

This quote from Darwin was not written to apply to businesses, but today it very much does. No business attribute is more important today as that of adaptability, as many, many businesses are on the brink of irrelevance – unless they change as fast as change itself. Your strategies do run out of steam, get old and become ineffective … you need to keep refreshing them based on your anticipation of the next change.

Watch for trends and shifts … read more … http://bit.ly/IUiBIJ

scrapstudio: Thanks Jessica for another fun quote! :)

Sun, 29 Apr 2012 19:43:02 +1000

scrapstudio:

Thanks Jessica for another fun quote! :)

fastcompany: After arriving at an agreed-upon treatment with...

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:27:29 +1000

fastcompany:

After arriving at an agreed-upon treatment with Nike for its latest commercial, director Casey Neistat literally took the money and ran—filming a trip around the world on Nike’s dime, and presenting the footage as the ad. Here’s why.

“My vision for it was forget about what Nike is, forget about sneakers, forget everything; what does ‘make it count’ mean to me?” Neistat says. “And what it means to me is take a huge chance. Consequences aside, if I could do anything in the world, what would it be? Do I really want to produce another regular advertisement? No. I would take this production budget and go around the world and see all these places I want to see.”

Billy Wilder on screenwriting:

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 07:54:26 +1100

1.    The audience is fickle.
2.    Grab ‘em by the throat and never let ‘em go.
3.    Develop a clean line of action for your leading character.
4.    Know where you’re going.
5.    The more subtle and elegant you are in hiding your plot points, the better you are as a writer.
6.    If you have a problem with the third act, the real problem is in the first act.
7.    A tip from Lubitsch: Let the audience add up two plus two. They’ll love you forever.
8.    In doing voice-overs, be careful not to describe what the audience already sees. Add to what they’re seeing.
9.    The event that occurs at the second act curtain triggers the end of the movie.
10.    The third act must build, build, build in tempo and action until the last event, and then — that’s it. Don’t hang around.

What's More Expensive Than College? Not Going to College (Atlantic)

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 10:48:10 +1100

What's More Expensive Than College? Not Going to College (Atlantic):

theatlantic:

There is a cost to not educating young people. The evidence is literally all around us.

Read more.

fastcompany: Salvador Dalí’s Real Masterpiece: The Logo For...

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 11:45:00 +1100

fastcompany:

Salvador Dalí’s Real Masterpiece: The Logo For Chupa Chups Lollipops

"The key thing about good content is that it requires that you think about it first and foremost from..."

Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:48:15 +1100

“The key thing about good content is that it requires that you think about it first and foremost from the point of view of the consumer and what they want to hear, rather than from the point of view of the brand and what it wants to say. That is a major shift in perspective for many marketers and one that some aren’t capable of making. It often requires talking about your category or the subject you’re expert in rather than the characteristics of your company or brand.”

- Jonah Bloom, executive director of content strategy, KBS+ Content Labs, from today’s Co.Create virtual panel. (via fastcompany)

Obama is following Darren Moss!

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 19:35:53 +1100

Obama is following Darren Moss!

Hilarious video of Obama dancing and singing! Fantastic song by...

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:45:47 +1100

Hilarious video of Obama dancing and singing! Fantastic song by Darren Moss

Video

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:40:31 +1100

"There’s nothing like winning a Grammy to give you lasting credibility."

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:27:59 +1100

“There’s nothing like winning a Grammy to give you lasting credibility.”

- 1990 winners Milli Vanilli (via kateoplis)