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Magic
Via Creating Passionate Users comes this wonderful link on the role of magic in creativity. One of my earliest game design eureka moments was that showmanship and performance by proxy were two things one needed to master if you were to have any chance of creating anything interesting...because for everyday magic to work, you really need to believe. If you don't, then no one else will.
Office Distractions
Carolyn sent me the most awesome link of the day: See Jane Work, an online retailer that specializes in groovy colorful personal organizational gear. It seems to be targeted largely at women, but if you like your organizational gear to have a lighter funner vibe, this is the site for you. As I confessed to Carolyn, this is a site I would marry :-)
Neat Illustrator CS2 Calendar Tutorial
I was browsing Corrie Haffly's blog; she'd written me about some interesting things she was doing with personal paper organization. There's this VERY COOL tutorial, with ample screen shots, showing how to make a calendar template in Illustrator CS2, with dynamic data-driven text input. I didn't even know you could do that in Illustrator. Awesome! Check it out!
The Gauntlet of Productivity Gets Arou
Reporter Samantha Henig called me a few days before SXSW to ask me about the Gauntlet of Productivity, and inquired if I actually wore it. I admitted that I had only dared wear it once, and we got into a fun discussion about productivity and paper tools. My friend Senia just pointed out to me that Samantha's article mentions it briefly in this Newsweek Online article. No pictures, though, which might be a good thing :-)
Interview on Zen Habits
Leo of Zen Habits recently interviewed me via email, which has just been posted on his website. Thanks Leo! He's been building toward a lot of great personal goals, and in the process of learning has been providing advice on how to achieve them. Very cool!
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Summer Romance
As I get ready to return to Austin for my second SXSW, I'm struck by the feeling of nervous anticipation. Trying to explain this to a friend, I described the 2006 experience like having a summer romance while on vacation. So it's vacation time again, and I'm returning to Austin wondering if things will be the same...surprising, delightful, and intimately satisfying in ways I could not have anticipated.
My Friend is the Enemy of My Enemy
According to three researchers, the easiest way to make friends is to dislike the same things. Excerpt: “We found a very robust tendency for people to mention more negative than positive attitudes about other people,” Bosson says, and the closer the friends were, the more negative attitudes toward others that they shared. Apparently, stronger feelings are associated with things we dislike than things we feel good about, and that creates a bond. Is it true? As positive as I try to be, I must admit that when expressing why I have certain values, it often is in terms of what it is that I believe is wrong. Maybe it's time to rethink this. Seen on the New York Times Online via the Hill Holliday company blog.
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Play Like a Girl
There are those who literally ROCK for a living, and the rest of us are sometimes lucky to get a GUITAR LESSON from them. Lorinator at Play Like a Girl demonstrates a guitar solo in this awesome video for one of her blog readers. It's all completely over my head, but it's a rare treat to see someone who knows their stuff in an educational context, and it's an EXTRA BONUS when they're completely and authentically themselves. There's also a great comment by a reader that goes like: speed is not something you build; it is the byproduct of accuracy. SO AWESOME. Check out the video!
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Equivocality
I've been trying to be better about keeping track of who's in the 9rules community, so I've been making a point of visiting every 9rules site I happen to see. One of the Round 5 inductees is Jeff Ngan, a blogger out of Canada who writes with literate-yet-conversational intensity, the kind of writing that sounds good when spoken aloud. His photos are really exceptional too; the combined experience is like reading a hybrid of Life Magazine and The Atlantic Monthly, focused on the experiences surrounding Jeff Ngan. Very inspiring! Check it out at Equivocality.
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