Made in Brisbane

“ Evolved individuals know that people who are not intuitive can be dangerous to work with, since they are guided solely by the current appearance of things that are in reality, changing. Evolved individuals seek out others who have intuition and vision - a form of intelligence that comes from cultivating the instincts, observing the direction of change, apprehending the evolution of ideas.

— Lao Tzu (via swissmiss : carolynannahall: supernice: somethingchanged)

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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? Because definitive, once-and-for-all developments seem no longer appropriate to musical thought as it is today, or to the actual state that we have reached in the evolution of musical technique, which is increasingly concerned with the investigation of a relative world, a permanent ‘discovering’ rather like the state of ‘permanent revolution’.

— Pierre Boulez, “Sonate, que me veux-tu?” (via bryanmckay)

“ ARPA succeeded because they basically funded people instead of projects. They didn’t really care what the people were doing. They figured neat people would do neat things.

— Alan Kay (via azspot) (via somethingchanged)

“ Postsecret is so much smarter, funnier, and more poignant than the tripe on most user generated content sites. I think this is because it is so difficult and time consuming. You have to cut things out of magazines, print up text, buy stamps, and actually send your post in the mail. There are a lot of people trying to make publishing to the web easier. How many are trying to make it more difficult?

— Bits Of Nick (via aja)

“ I was once told (by a poet) that poems are like photographs: people only get interested if they’re in ‘em. This may not apply directly to every contributory project, but I think it is good food for thought. Personalization impacts a project in three ways: First it can create desire and inspiration, second it connects the contributor to the contribution (throughout the life of the project), and third it creates another lens through which the project can be browsed/appreciated.

— 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 web community that it’s OK to built the plane while you’re flying it, and that small errors are easily corrected online when everything is understood to be in “beta” as opposed to perfect from the start.

— techPresident: Kudos to the Change.gov New Media Team (via somethingchanged) (via buyhercandy)

miss-r:

Occasional artwork: Britney Spears Redacted.

“This is rumination on the potential isolations of money and fame.

This series also represents a confluence of factors pushing “new” photography: digital instant million frame capture from every angle, a “skin of images”/constant surveillance/instant and constant digital dissemination/flood of images devaluing each one but increasing the value of the potential “get”/path to fame by visual association alone.”

(via redorangeorangeonred) (via claytoncubitt):

» Prefunded, crowdmanaged music festival - Springwise

“ Communities need anchors, the one guy who’s going to e-mail everyone to come out every week, or those two guys who’ve been friends forever and are going to be there if no one shows up.

— brandnewlow on news.yc (via iamdanw + fluffynotes)

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