The new journalism, where fame is the game
We worship celebrities like they’re the new Gods but they’re as fallible as we are. We obsess with the famous for being famous. First, we...
Tag: culture
‘The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren’t special’
“The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren’t special.” — John Brockman, This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking...
Views of Tokyo (1913-1915)
[bha size=’120×120′ variation=’01’ align=’alignright’]Last week, I blogged about a trip through Golden Gate City: San Francisco (1939). This week’s archival video goes back in time to...
To single-space or double-space after a period? Here’s what the science says…
The rules of spacing have been wildly inconsistent going back to the invention of the printing press. The original printing of the U.S. Declaration of...
Becoming Amazon-proof
Amazon buffets the shores of brick and mortar retailers. No business is Amazon-proof. No business is sacred in the internet-era. We have to assume that...
The H(earring) project turns hearing aids into high-fashion accessories
Hearing impaired photographer Kate Fichard teamed up with a former design school classmate at the Paris-based F&D studio to create a fashionable hearing aid. Called the...
David Shrigley’s ‘oblique comments and strange drawings’
“I just make a series of oblique comments and strange drawings. That’s usually what my work is.” — David Shrigley, from an interview with 52...
‘Write drunk, edit sober’
In a recent study done by professor Andrew Jarosz of Mississippi State University reveals that drunk people are more creative at problem-solving. We gave participants...
Types of cognitive bias
The race to the bottom begins when what you think you know, you know. I am once again reminded of this Seth Godin quotes from...
The paradox of jumping through hoops
We chase the ephemeral pixels when boring is the most interesting. We jump through hoops to please others when it is disobedience that leads to...
Beware the algorithms
Six hundred red years ago, there was no such thing as personal identity. Only when people owned mirrors did they start seeing themselves as individuals. One...
Central Park to go car-free this summer
New York City’s mayor Bill De Blasio announced today that Central Park will be car-free starting this June. The artwork says it all: humans are...