Agalia Tan
- technology for technology's sake is useless
“They could be made to accept the most flagrant violations of reality, because they never fully grasped the enormity of what was demanded of them, and were not sufficiently interested in public events to notice what was happening. By lack of understanding they remained sane. They simply swallowed everything, and what they swallowed did them no harm
... See more- The process of reducing a briefing requires great courage, rigor and repertoire.
You have to make brave choices and say a thousand times more No’s than Yes’s.You have to respond rigorously to the problem that you’re trying to solve.You have to have a vast repertoire of references in and outside Advertising in order to get to fresh thinking - and tha... See morefrom Extraordinary Vocabulary, Word #8: Reductionism by Fernando Ribeiro
- We're all technological beings now; it's ingrained into the way we operate. It's almost an extension of our body. And we already know how we want to shape that technology. We just need to be better supported to do so.
from An Interview with Spencer Chang | Are.na Editorial
towards a human-centred internet
mcluhan-coded!
- If our foot is perpetually on the gas, it’s hard to take stock of where we are in this process — how we feel, how it’s going, what comes next.
from The Big Break
- Yeah, we don’t believe in a 30-person crew. We don’t believe you should emulate the look of a major Hollywood film. I like the indie game philosophy, where two guys make a whole game with pixel art and pick an aesthetic and a style that matches the scope of their budget and team. We believe in small and slow. Four people over 12 weeks can make a mo... See more
from Of Mascots and Men: Mike Cheslik and Ryland Brickston Cole Tews on Hundreds of Beavers | Filmmaker Magazine by Doug Dillaman
winning in the niches and small is meaningful
small is meaningful
- Make a list of the people in your field who enjoy unfair advantages. How can you collaborate with them?
- Sacrificing your reputation in the short term is always a bad idea.
from How to win in your 20s
- In early interviews with Whaley, he often talked about the internet being the magic ingredient to MSCHF: “Life is too short and the internet is too big to not make what you want.”
from The Art of Scaling Taste by Evan Armstrong