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May 12
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brocatus: cubicle17: The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people’s heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is. So, if you ask a bunch of people what a brand is and make a tag cloud, you should have a pretty accurate look at what the brand represents. This Starbucks “tag cloud” is hilarious (and spot on). [via swissmiss) Brilliant! This one made me laugh out loud (you’ll have to zoom out consiberably to see it).

brocatus:

cubicle17:

The basic idea of this site is that a brand exists entirely in people’s heads. Therefore, whatever it is they say a brand is, is what it is. So, if you ask a bunch of people what a brand is and make a tag cloud, you should have a pretty accurate look at what the brand represents.

This Starbucks “tag cloud” is hilarious (and spot on). [via swissmiss)

Brilliant! This one made me laugh out loud (you’ll have to zoom out consiberably to see it).

May 09
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“ I don’t know many of those fierce Clinton supporters, because most of my friends and acquaintances are writers and editors and cultural impresarios of one kind or another—members of “the media”—and there are precious few Clintonites among them…. And the great majority of media people are members of the same (white) demographic cohort that has rejected Hillary and voted for Barack—educated, more-affluent-than-average residents of cities and suburbs.
— Kurt Anderson in New York Magazine Link
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» The photo is dead
“Toronto artist Robert Burley is currently documenting the fate of chemical photography, recording the abandonment and demolition of various Kodak plants. The films, papers and processing chemicals these factories produced will soon be obsolete…” Link
May 04
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» My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-5-4)
  1. George Winston 
  2. Mulfingers (Mary & Sharon) 
  3. Christine Kane 
  4. Willie Nelson 
  5. Fionn Regan 
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr
May 03
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misssnowwhite:

Paul Rand
May 01
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“ The cheap guy… never wins.
— Set Godin Link
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» when I listen to students today chat... about their classes, I too often hear criticism of the work load rather than excitement about the subject matter, a complaint about the hours taken from meeting with friends or playing sports rather than engaging in debate, deciphering philosophy, history or a good poem.
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» People seem to have forgotten how to take things out from the library and return them
Apr 30
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“ the quarterly magazine is a something of an anachronism — a covered wagon on the information superhighway
— Kate Taylor for the NY Sun Link
Apr 29
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» Should writers be readers?
“Reading too much… is a disaster for a writer. To immerse yourself in literature - particularly those of your contemporaries - makes your work derivative at worst, and unoriginal at best.”
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» Piracy, Uh, What Is It Good For?
Apr 28
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I’m surprised that one of the photos I submitted to the DITLO project was chosen as the jugde’s pick. The Day in the Life of Asheville photo project took place between 12:00 noon April 18 through midnight April 19 in Asheville, NC city limits.
I’m surprised that one of the photos I submitted to the DITLO project was chosen as the jugde’s pick. The Day in the Life of Asheville photo project took place between 12:00 noon April 18 through midnight April 19 in Asheville, NC city limits.
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Does a blog leave a carbon footprint?

When I started blogging four years ago there were, according to Technorati, 6 million blogs. There are almost 113 million blogs presently.

Imagine all those server farms burning up energy in order to power 113 million blogs 24 hours a day. What kind of carbon footprint does that leave?

A book or magazine or newspaper I can recycle, but the energy to power a blog is spent and spent and spent and… 

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» Digital Typography 80s Style
Apr 27
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» poetry matters now
Videos - documentary shorts and poet profiles