oddtag's posterous http://oddtag.posterous.com Most recent posts at oddtag's posterous posterous.com Sat, 30 Aug 2008 19:23:16 -0700 Wisdom tip: keep it simple http://oddtag.posterous.com/wisdom-tip-keep-it-simple http://oddtag.posterous.com/wisdom-tip-keep-it-simple txt: Monicelli, la freschezza a 93 anni 'Ma l'Italia ora è alla deriva' [Monicelli: freshness at 93 years old 'But Italy is now drifting']
Un consiglio ai giovani cineasti? "Scegliere storie di una semplicità elementare, che è la cosa più difficile. Non mettere troppe cose e troppi personaggi nel tentativo di renderle interessanti. Sono le storie semplici che nel tempo continuano a emozionare". ------------------------------ [en] A tip for young film makers? Choose stories of elemental simplicity, which is the hardest thing. Do not put too many things and too many characters in an attempt to make them interesting. These are the simple stories that continue to emotion us over the time.
links: 65th Venice International Film Festival Corto Cortissimo section. video: tuffo nel lago ghiacciato - Bovinonline on youtube.com [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBSjuYCrBE0]

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Thu, 15 May 2008 15:46:08 -0700 Simplicity http://oddtag.posterous.com/simplicity http://oddtag.posterous.com/simplicity txt: The Laws of Simplicity - John Maeda
Law 1: REDUCE - The simplest way to achieve simplicity is through thoughtful reduction. Law 2: ORGANIZE - Organization makes a system of many appear fewer. Law 3: TIME - Savings in time feel like simplicity. Law 4: LEARN - Knowledge makes everything simpler. Law 5: DIFFERENCES - Simplicity and complexity need each other. Law 6: CONTEXT - What lies in the periphery of simplicity is definitely not peripheral. Law 7: EMOTION - More emotions are better than less. Law 8: TRUST - In simplicity we trust. Law 9: FAILURE - Some things can never be made simple. Law 10: THE ONE - Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious, and adding the meaningful.
video: John Maeda on the simple life - TED Talks - The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art -- a place that can get very complicated. Here, he talks about paring down to basics, and how he creates clean, elegant art, websites and web tools. In his book Laws of Simplicity, he offers 10 rules and 3 keys for simple living and working -- but in this talk, he boils it down to one simply delightful way to be. [blip.tv ?posts_id=502779&dest=-1]

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Thu, 08 May 2008 21:04:20 -0700 Viva la Infolution http://oddtag.posterous.com/viva-la-infolution http://oddtag.posterous.com/viva-la-infolution txt: Web 3.0: You say you’re on an infolution? Well, you know…
Social web = democratic web Web 2.0 is the base for a democratic web. But like all democratic systems, the web needs basic democratic standards. Yes, rules. Simple democratic rules that apply to coding, design (usability is a form of politeness) and communication (not even Kramer has the right to insult). These rules are not there to bore, restrict or subordinate us, they guarantee to get the maximum out of a collective. They guarantee a maximum amount of freedom for the maximum amount of people. What is new in web 3.0? Nothing. Recently there is a lot of talk about Web 3.0. Phil Wainewright form ZD Net has written a series on the subject and relaunched the discussion of what web 3.0 would or should be. Basically he suggests that Web 3.0 is going to deliver a new generation of (business) applications that will be ubiquitous and technically more sophisticated, semantic (programs understanding human language). The question is: Is artificial intelligence what we really need? Is more technology the answer? Shouldn’t we rather bring to an end what we’ve started before we hype up the machinery even more?
link: Web 2.0 unchains free market img: Revolution Lounge - gonzalo fernandez on flickr.com
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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:29:07 -0700 What do I want to be? http://oddtag.posterous.com/what-do-i-want-to-be http://oddtag.posterous.com/what-do-i-want-to-be txt: john Maeda - simplicity
April 21, 2007 Think-Make-Think I'm Board Mondrian was an electrical engineer. Haiku for today: All I want to be, is someone that makes new things. And thinks about them. Phew, back to work.
img: Thinking Spot (Again) - Infinity Rain on flickr.com
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Thu, 17 Jan 2008 16:12:48 -0800 Cups, chocolat and YouTube http://oddtag.posterous.com/cups-chocolat-and-youtube http://oddtag.posterous.com/cups-chocolat-and-youtube txt: An Inspirational Story - Life happens
Notice that all the nice looking, expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups...and then you began eyeing each other's cups. Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have.
video: EEOOY::How-to-make contemporary installation art::Ep.1 Part1 ("Damn I love youtube!" or "embarrassingly unfunny" ?) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHlrE1saOMc]

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