- 03.Feb
- Illustrations versus Prose
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.
- 18.Dec
- Sitting and Watching
More interesting is what you see when you sit and watch yourself. You learn to step outside yourself, and act as an observer. You see your thoughts, and learn more about yourself than you ever could if you were rushing to take action.
As a means of delaying the gratification of impulse shopping therapy, I have been preoccupied with creating a series of photoshoots.
The series has initially consisted of creative notions that have been floating in my mind for quite some time now, and also featuring the current collection of shoes, pretty heels and vintage purses, acquired from thrift stores and consignment shops over the past few years.
Only a few of these pairs of shoes have been worn regularly; my current lifestyle as a university student (and working on my second degree) has left little time for socializing. At the moment, my focus on creating a shoe wardrobe is based on building a classic “capsule wardrobe” that features a classic and professional style, with a few that deviate towards the eclectic and colorful aspects of my personality.
A few of these photographs have been circulating in the instagram account, too, with some popularity. I’m hoping that by archiving the collection of shoes in my closet, and re-sharing them as a series of “creativity” photographs, will be the first of many steps towards creating a little shop of vintage fashions <3
“The Gospel According to Larry revolves around seventeen-year-old Josh Swensen, an articulate teen whose dream is to change the world. He creates his own website which he calls “The Gospel According to Larry” because Larry was the most un-biblical name he could think of. He writes articles on this site “preaching” his feelings and ideas about making the world a better place.
At first he does not get many hits until someone writes an article about him in a local newspaper and the number of hits begins to grow. That is when he decides to start photographing and posting his possessions. He was curious to see if it was possible to track down someone anywhere in the world simply by their possessions.
He decided to start doing this after reading about Native Americans who did not want to leave a “footprint” behind. This means every purchase is a major decision and he takes it very seriously. (#)”
The United States Senate are preparing to vote on the internet censorship bill known as SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act).
The proposed SOPA legislation will give the United States government and copyright holders the ability to censor and block any website deemed to be “associated” with infringing, counterfeiting or pirating intellectual property. In other words, websites like Google, Facebook and even ShogunGamer.com could be blocked and censored for linking to any intellectual property. While piracy is indeed an issue in the digital age, SOPA will create a corporate and government run “firewall” that will not just effect the United States, but the entire world operating on DNS based Internet (Translation: everyone).
Please take a moment of your time to watch this short video that explains the gravity of the situation. Below it, you will find a form that you can use to support the anti-SOPA movement. There’s options for US residents as well as non-US.
A large portion of the Internet has been blacked out today. Don’t let it stay dark forever.
Watch the video here.
Just the latest photoshoot in an ongoing series of updating the shoes wardrobe ~ inventory. More photos at the fashion blog ~ birdcut.
Taking Down Christmas Decorations is SO Sad.
I think in 2012 I will have decorations in my house ALL YEAR ROUND.
Chalk this one under “Why didn’t I think of that?” decor ideas for 2012.
via My Cardboard Life.
These are a few iphone photos from the January 2012 meetup of HTML5 Vancouver, featuring Dave Shea (mezzoblue.com, csszengarden.com and author of The Zen of CSS Design) speaking about drawing with HTML5 Canvas.
For more information about the location of the meetup, you can find out more at http://www.visioncritical.com/. All information provided here related to the event can be found at the HTML5 Vancouver meetup section.
Other notable speakers included:
Faruk Ateş does creative things on the Web, like Modernizr: an Open Source library that helps you take advantage of cutting-edge features in HTML5 and CSS3 today. Prior to going independent and working to make building great websites easier and faster, Faruk was the Product Designer at Apture, now acquired by Google, and did a three year stint as a UI Engineer at Apple, where he helped bring modern web development techniques to the Online Store and MobileMe.
Stephanie Hobson is a front-end developer at BCIT who works on templates for their various CMSs. She successfully advocated to have the most recent version of their site built in HTML5 and is looking forward to making the design responsive. Their team is experimenting with geolocation for use in a mobile site for their upcoming open house.
John Boxall is the CTO of Mobify. He works extensively with client side web technologies, developing techniques to prioritize content and manage resource loading on mobile browsers.
My bedroom-workspace is currently experiencing an identity crisis: do I continue maintaining this chaos with re-organization methods, or discard everything that I own?
