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)