Fora.tv is my new favorite website. Here is Andrew Keen in a debate about the premise of his newish book “The Cult of the Amateur—How Today’s Internet is Killing Our Culture”.
View The Cult of the Amateur on FORA.tv
As much as the voice inside my head is screaming at me to stop perpetuating stupid YouTube video spam and endorsing the cult of the amateur ascribed thereunto, this is weird and cool.
So I guess I’ll be the one to break the seal on YouTube linkage. I’m sorry.
Steve Martin said, “Talking about music is like dancing about architecture.” In today’s world of fluid context shifts and modal ambiguities, it hardly seems like an absurd or derisive comment anymore (maybe more like a rhetorical hypothesis to be tested).
Case in point is this brilliant experiment that illustrates a certain kind of lateral thinking that [...]
SCAD is offering a Design Management Degree (BFA, MA, and MFA) at their Savannah campus. I hope it’ll take off and be offered in Atlanta, there are some courses that may be of interest to Matter such as:
History and Interpretation of Innovation
Design Innovation Development and Marketing Strategies
Facilitating Creative Thinking
Collaborative Culture in Design Organizations
With Mr. Schrager dressed coolly in a black Nehru shirt and blazer, and Mr. Marriott buttoned-down in a gray suit and tie, the men played down their differences and announced plans to create a new brand of boutique hotel. Also known as lifestyle hotels, boutiques are distinctive for their innovative, individualized and intimate designs, and “destination” bars that lure travelers and locals alike. Mr. Schrager popularized the concept in the early 1980s.
“Ian is going to be developing a new experience for people looking for more than just a bed, and breakfast,” Mr. Marriott proclaimed.
I heard about these interesting little and cheap ambient music boxes from friends in Canada and bought one for myself. Here’s the story behind it…
The Filter, an upstart music recommendation play, has just attracted a fresh financing round led by Peter Gabriel. The 2.5 million pound ($4.96 million) infusion also involves Eden Ventures, according to information recently reported by the Independent.
A few Matter folks might dig these miniature cardboard synths.
Looks like Boeing wins the award for both, but check out these photos on the most attractive and ugliest designs of airplanes.
Or maybe it is just insane. The creator of these videos clearly has too much time on his hands. Although, the attention to details and production values is to be admired.