Tokyo Sky Drive
Half the time, I wasn’t sure whether I was watching a video, computer animation, or just some crazy pattern of moving lights. Whatever you call it, it’s easy to get lost in it. Definitely hypnotic.
if you take the time to nurture relationships, even if they’re over email or Twitter, you’re doing more than just amassing a list of random strangers. For me personally, I’ve met more people in the last 2 and a half years that were worth a damn than the last 10 combined. People who used to be my heroes are now an email away, and if I need a favor I can simply ask. Why? Because we’re friends now. Don’t waste your time adding people. Create amazing things, be genuine, and good things will come to you.
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
After focusing on the driving factors that cause us to avoid taking risks (our brains evolved to see failure as a life-or-death concern, which is clearly no longer the case for most “risks”), Godin ends with this nugget:
The cost of failure is not that a saber-toothed tiger eats you… the cost of failure is nothing. The worst thing that will happen is that you will fail and no one will notice.
The upshot: Rather than avoiding risks for fear of failure, go for it. Your brain can try telling you that you’re risking your life; you’re not.
I sit here, a collection of limbs obediently stationed in front of a computer monitor, I’m imagining a sc-fi future in which the body is obsolete. In my mind, however, it’s a mere perception that’s been left behind, making way for a popular view of the body as an instrument of communication well worth being tuned.
Opening Credits: Sherlock Holmes - Prologue
I haven’t seen the movie, but the credits for Sherlock Holmes are GORGEOUS. The video isn’t available for embedding (it’s available on Prologue’s site), but I had to share this anyway. Prologue did some absolutely fantastic work with this. Great concept and amazing execution.
The 2009 Feltron Report is out! This year, Nicolas Feltron incorporated some interesting new types of data:
Each day in 2009, I asked every person with whom I had a meaningful encounter to submit a record of this meeting through an online survey. These reports form the heart of the 2009 Annual Report. From parents to old friends, to people I met for the first time, to my dentist… any time I felt that someone had discerned enough of my personality and activities, they were given a card with a URL and unique number to record their experience.
The new data types take the 2009 report in a different, interesting direction. And it’s beautifully laid out, as always. Definitely a must-read!
(EDIT: His site has been down intermittently while I’m writing this, I’m assuming because of the mass amounts of traffic he must be getting. Hopefully it’s up by the time you’re reading this!)
The Wire - Season 2 Ending Montage
A great song and a great show, combined in a way that improves both. It definitely doesn’t carry as much weight if you haven’t seen The Wire, so get on that if you haven’t already.
(For those who are worried, it’s only spoiler-y if you’re in the middle of watching season 2)
