What’s in your bag?
Tuesday, January 31st, 2012 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Show us what’s in your bag and we’ll tell you who you are. That is the motto of Jason Travis’s photographic project Persona. The home page shows a mosaic of people and their personal effects. Click on a segment to ...
Playing for change – Higher ground
Monday, January 30th, 2012 Posted in Creativity, Taking a stand | No Comments »The Playing for Change folks keep making these lovely videos and doing their great work. Here's Stevie Wonders' Higher Ground. I never really listened to the lyrics before: People keep on learnin' Soldiers keep on warrin' World keep on turnin' Cause it won't be too long Powers ...
Milky Way over Africa
Sunday, January 29th, 2012 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »On December 29, 2011, the International Space Station flew over Africa. This 20 second video combines a series of still images as it passes from the center of the continent to Madagascar and then over the ocean. The flashes of ...
People: Family faces
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »Genetic Portraits is a photo series by Canadian photographer Ulric Collette. He combines the portraits of two members of the same family into one: My earlier posts in the series People: (1) (2) (3) (4)
How to tie your shoes
Saturday, January 28th, 2012 Posted in Smart thinking | No Comments »Terry Moore found out he'd been tying his shoes the wrong way his whole life. In the spirit of TED, he takes the stage to share a better way: "Sometimes a small advantage someplace in life can yield tremendous results some place ...
Tanghi Argentini
Friday, January 27th, 2012 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »This shirt Belgian movie (14min) is a real pearl: 'Tanghi Argentini' by Guy Thys. This movie from 2006 was nominated for an Oscar in 2008 (Best Short Film, Live Action), and has received many other awards.
Move, learn, eat
Thursday, January 26th, 2012 Posted in Creativity | No Comments »'Move', 'Learn' and 'Eat' are three short videos made by Rick Mereki. They cover 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights and 2 cameras, turning three ambitious linear concepts (movement, learning and food) into the trip of a lifetime: 'Move' reminds me ...
Wine map of France
Tuesday, January 24th, 2012 Posted in Creativity, Smart thinking | No Comments »The first London Underground map was still very geographically based, indicating the directions of lines and locations of station, overlaid on geographic features and main roads: In 1938 Harry Beck designed a more diagrammatic map. This was a breakthrough in cartography, ...
People: Celebrations and protests
Monday, January 23rd, 2012 Posted in ... Other | No Comments »The Boston Globe's Big Picture featured two photo series on the way people celebrate and protest: A step-by-step guide to celebrating Global protests My earlier posts in the series People: (1) (2) (3)
Hearing for the first time
Sunday, January 22nd, 2012 Posted in Taking a stand | No Comments »This is already 'old news' (september 2011) but still worth celebrating: Sarah Churman who was born deaf received her hearing implant. This is the video of turning it on and she hearing herself for the first time: >/p> More news on Sarah Churman's ...
