It’s good to take pictures of works in progress. Helps to know if you ruined a great black and white piece by coloring. Maybe that’s Frank Miller’s secret.
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I need a naming convention for these. “Composition 10” doesn’t cut it, but I don’t want to get too clever. Maybe I’ll run them through [...]
It’s embarrassing to be introduced to someone and forget their name 2 seconds later. We’re so busy worrying about what we’re going to say next that we never really hear names in the first place.
The Memory Book offers a simple technique to fix this: You associate a new person’s name, face, and other attributes with [...]
Below is a screenshot of the NBC.com player. Can you spot the problem?
If you guessed “the network boneheads are stuck in 1972” you win a prize.
The only way this is better than normal TV is that it’s already time shifted. Otherwise it’s the same old interruption-driven marketing (I don’t want Gas-Ex right now, thanks) on [...]
Microsoft’s mission was to “put a computer on every office desk and in every home.”
Today Microsoft faces that most terrifying question, “Now what?”
Bill Gates is leaving to avoid that question, and an organization full of people in “guard my fiefdom” mode can’t answer it.
I wonder if a different mission like “Build the most desirable software [...]
Why does this page, which millions of us see every day, not remember my preference?
I have never selected “Add to Google homepage” and I never ever will. RSS sucks enough without you adding another smidge of friction.
You can do it. You have the technology.
Hugs and kisses,
Nathan
This is an exquisitely rendered schematic of my desk:
You can see that I had difficulty fitting everything on a 3×5 card. Any system that be can’t comfortably diagrammed on an index card is too complicated to be user friendly, so I’ve taken about 5 minutes out of my busy day to solve the problem for [...]
I used markers instead of paint, but paint would have been better. Markers work better on smooth surfaces (canvas is rough).
You need a blank canvas sketchbook from your local art or craft supply store and markers or paint. You also need years to hone your artistic ability, or if you’re like me and skipped all [...]
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