From a Frank Chimero jam: “How to Have an Idea”: Stop being a weenie and just go make something. Judge its value after you finish and before you share. An observation: Creative people romanticize mistakes and process. But there is no process if you don’t start. No one crumples a blank sheet of paper.
I’ve recently been collecting examples of whale art. My interest mostly lies around their monotonous use in hipster art; and they’re kind’ve cute. I put up on Flickr a gallery of whale archetypes. Left-to-right and top-to-bottom, the whales are named: Billy, Gus, Tina, Sal, Sanjay, Perth, Jill, Buddy, and Ann. Some of them may be [...]
I feel like this xkcd comic describes a lot of internet interactions I know. This is my take on it. Also, a shout-out to my mom, who now subscribes to my blog via Google Reader.
Community technology is great. It is incredibly refreshing to be reminded on a daily basis that, as a developer and technologist, I don’t know crap about how everyday people view and use technology. Two weeks ago I was in Washington, DC for the CTCnet Conference. While there I helped John Lorance of CompuMentor give a [...]
