Interview with James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem about how to deal with Failure (by thezeronewz)
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More goodness from Motive Unknown
I’ve referred to them before, but anyone with an interest in where music, tech and marketing cross should have themselves signed up to @mr_trick’s super excellent daily digest. Here’s some interesting stuff from today.
DEVELOPERS ARE THE NEW ROCKSTARS. Yes, you read correctly. A great roundup of some rather good digital campaigns.
The Verge talk about Twitter #music, and why it might have faded from view. TBH, I think it’s pretty crap and haven’t looked at it since the first week.
Points between the two articles correlate. Where is the killer music discovery, and then when you think about it, whatever happened to Last.fm? Have we all fallen out of love with it?
Oh yeah, finally, I think the new Flickr sucks. It’s been in need of an update for years, but this isn’t it. Yes, a terabyte of storage sounds nice, but even as a “pro” payer, I’ve been more impressed with the new photo offering from Google +.
11 Rules For Great UX Design, Adapted From An Original Mad Man | Co.Design: business innovation design
Having had my head deep in UX for the last 2.5 weeks this is a great article which boosts my resolve. Well worth a read.
The One-Person Product
marco.orgIn 2006, I moved to New York and started working for David Karp doing web development for various media companies. That fall, in a brief gap before starting a new client, David said that we were going to make a prototype of an idea he’d had for a…
How, When and Where Will The First Truly Great Digital Design Studio Emerge? | Mobile Inc
Something I’m hoping that I might answer soon.
To encourage creativity, Mr Gove, you must first understand what it is
Ken Robinson, guardian.co.ukThe education secretary’s new national curriculum is a dead hand on the creative pulse of teachers and students alike
During a recent appearance on BBC’s Question Time, Michael Gove, the secretary of state for education, extolled the importance …
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Made With Paper by joshuafortuna
Whiteboards, Visions And Banned Words — How To Help A Real-Life Knight Achieve His Goals | Smashing UX Design
abandoned star wars film sets in the tunisian desert by ra di martino
rodrigo db, designboom.comconstructed out of mud, cement-covered MDF and coiled aluminum a series of photographs capture the state of deterioration of abandoned star wars film sets.The post abandoned star wars film sets in the tunisian desert by ra di martino appeared firs…
McDonald’s Theory — What I Learned Building… — Medium
I use a trick with co-workers when we’re trying to decide where to eat for lunch and no one has any ideas. I recommend McDonald’s.
An interesting thing happens. Everyone unanimously agrees t …
A cool idea, and I can see how it might work. Though usually when someone in my general proximity suggests McDonalds for lunch, I scream “FUCK YEAH”, grab my coat, and head to one where I order a large Big Mac meal AND six chicken mcnuggets. So there.
