Ideas I want to write about
That sounds fine, wonderful — real nonsense. Do more. More nonsensical, more crazy, more machines, more breasts, penises, cunts, whatever — make them abound with nonsense. Try and tickle something inside you, your “weird humor.” You belong in the most secret part of you. Don’t worry about cool, make your own uncool. Make your own, your own world. I... See more
Maria Popova • Do: Sol LeWitt’s Electrifying Letter of Advice on Self-Doubt, Overcoming Creative Block, and Being an Artist
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
To opt out, though, is to be excluded.
Adam Aleksic • how the algorithm keeps you under control
Marketing is about identifying and meeting human and social needs. One of the shortest good definitions of
marketing is “meeting needs profitably.”
What brands have realized is, you can create a “halo effect” around this that drives revenue for your brand. People line up to buy the limited edition stuff, and if they don’t get it, they still buy something less exclusive because they have already decided that your brand is cool and desirable and they want to advocate.
Reggie Casagrande • The evolution of Energy Marketing from Street Culture to Main Street
“We should not forget that maybe not everybody only wants a camel cashmere turtleneck,” Olivier Rousteing remarked. Beyond the cyclical nature of fashion, Rousteing’s observation captured a mash-up of trends that has been solidifying into a durable aesthetic.
The age of functional maximalism
Fashion
“Why isn’t it an app?” This argument feels like the make change from the inside. We know that’s not how the world works, but it’s hard to see that you’re in water as a fish.
But what’s hanging in the balance is the image-cultural environment of the future. One not dominated by a format monopoly.
But what’s hanging in the balance is the image-cultural environment of the future. One not dominated by a format monopoly.
In Search of New Software Cultures
from Reggie James
“when you start getting tired of saying it, that’s when other people are just starting to hear it.”1
contentfolks #83: you vs. the forgetting curve
When you recognize that Hardware is part of our nature layer -> so consequentially, our culture is downstream of our hardware...