March 2009
1 post
“Evolved individuals know that people who are not intuitive can be dangerous to...”
– Lao Tzu (via swissmiss : carolynannahall: supernice: somethingchanged)
January 2009
21 posts
on e-friends
sbz:
is it strange that there are specific tumblrs with whom i can imagine doing a keg stand? or shopping? or making out? or having a long insightful talk? so many people have admitted to feeling foolish to have made friends “from the internets”; rather, i am proud to have been introduced to so many creative beings.
“Why compose works that have to be re-created every time they are performed?...”
– Pierre Boulez, “Sonate, que me veux-tu?” (via bryanmckay)
“ARPA succeeded because they basically funded people instead of projects. They...”
– Alan Kay (via azspot) (via somethingchanged)
“Postsecret is so much smarter, funnier, and more poignant than the tripe on most...”
– Bits Of Nick (via aja)
“I was once told (by a poet) that poems are like photographs: people only get...”
– Installment #2 of “Simple questions to ask when planning a contribution-based project” the explicit (via somethingchanged)
“[Change.gov’s] new media team is also showing its peers across the government...”
– techPresident: Kudos to the Change.gov New Media Team (via somethingchanged) (via buyhercandy)
Prefunded, crowdmanaged music festival -... →
“Communities need anchors, the one guy who’s going to e-mail everyone to come out...”
– brandnewlow on news.yc (via iamdanw + fluffynotes)
“Despite the downturn, there’s a tangible optimism in the start-up community. One...”
– What’s yours and mine is ours, The Guardian. (via kripy)
“BusinessWeek’s Steve Hamm declares the death of Silicon Valley, which he says...”
– Andy Grove On Web 2.0 And The Valley: Slackers
HAHAHAHA, it’s funny because it’s true
(via catbird)
“I think the problem is that traditional platforms are too much for most people....”
– bijan commenting on Paul Buchheit’s though after an 8month break from blogging.
“Global networks of trusted relationships working within ecosystems/platforms […]...”
– “Innovation” is Dead. Herald The Birth of “Transformation” as The Key Concept for 2009. BusinessWeek (via somethingchanged)
StoryCorps →
A nationwide initiative to instruct and inspire citizens to record each other’s stories in high-quality audio.
Matching Books and Readers: Publishers Need... →
“Creating content is expensive. The cost of the tools may have dropped...”
– Mark Cuban
“Be transparent. Share your work constantly. Solicit feedback. Appreciate...”
– iBanjo » Programmer Insecurity (via atmos + drawohara) not just programming :) (via nikography)
“Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition....”
– Barack Obama (via livejamie)
40+ street artists you should know besides Banksy →
“Everyone knows who Banksy is— but the international street art community has hundreds of other great artists that deserve your attention. Here’s a selection of the very best.”
(via thelosspeaks + hono-lulu + rhodyram)
“Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or...”
– Jim Jarmusch (via afternoontea + buzzandersen + artistspaid + somethingchanged)
December 2008
9 posts
“Nobody should start to undertake a large project. You start with a small trivial...”
– Linus Torvalds (via azspot) (via somethingchanged)
Small is beautiful in this age of austerity: The... →
somethingchanged:
“For the past decade, the nation’s biggest museums have relied on blockbuster exhibitions featuring numerous well-loved masterpieces to attract visitors.
But now a leading director is urging galleries to rethink the way in which major shows are staged by offering up a single work of art rather than the usual rooms crammed full of gilt-framed Monets, Turners and...
“Although there’s no way to prove this, it seemed like the tech/media blowhards...”
– Fimoculous.com: 30 Most Notable Blogs of 2008 (via nickdouglas)
2009 ‘tis the year the web2.0/blogging circle jerk will endeth and people who create/make/innovate in whatever field will take hold of all the good aspects of the internet and do crazy good things with it. Or we might just build...
“Some people go to the gym, Some people go to nightclubs. We tried to build a...”
– For Geeks, a Frat House and Lab, All in One (via danw)
NY Times article on the very neat geek coworking space NYC Resistor.
200 digital music startups in 2008 →
“I’ve said it before, but most people don’t want to broadcast to the world and be...”
– This is a good quote. I realized the other day that I use Tumblr in part as a “fun” RSS reader to aggregate content from friends, and part as a blog to post my own content. Tumblr has struck a nice balance between making it easy to create content, and easy to aggregate it meaningfully.
Consuming...
“You know what’s interesting about the homogenization of “indie” blogs is that...”
– Commentor on Heartbreak No. 3: The Blogosphere As The New Status Quo [Idolator]. Social media platforms, label wars and hipster ‘tude; I am liking this post. (via tarts + semisetadrift)
“Perhaps one of the bigger trends we will see in the coming years is the overall...”
– Intimacy 2.0 | Six Pixels of Separation (via somethingchanged + radarchive)
November 2008
1 post
Four ways the arts can be helped by social media →
The article is well worth a read but if you don’t ahev time the main elements that they identify for people within the arts should be trying create with social media are:
- Create a sonic brand
- Offer creative material openly for mashups
- Invite social capital donations
- Allow patrons to share their experience
October 2008
2 posts
We're FINALLY starting something up (ummm...soon)
If you are a creative Brisbane individual, company or group that is using their mad skills to actually create music, art, fashion, film, whatever, who also just happens to have a blog then please send a message to contact [at] madeinbrisbane [dot] com and we’ll add the blog to the first version of our blog aggregator/upcoming pseudo social network/creative hub for Brisbane. Initially...
July 2008
1 post
Open source goodness
We’re using a couple of open source technologies to develop the Made in Brisbane site so thought it be best to release our finished product to allow others to easily create similar projects as well as to help bulid out the software.
June 2008
2 posts
1 tag
We like blogging...
…which is why we now have a blog. Tops.
We’re using the excellent blogging platform Tumblr to run this thing and recommend it to anyone who wants a simple blog that also has a built in system to easily read and be read by other Tumblr users.
We’ll post any updates to the development of Made in Brisbane as well as details to when we’re accepting users to join our...