about banksy rules

about Björk - "Wanderlust"

bjork is something else. Sucky song, beautiful video.

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music video by Encyclopedia Pictura.

about cute animals

on flickr by Doxieone

about Lil Wayne vs 2Pac

lil wayne used to annoy the shit out of me. he is growing on me for sure.. but I would of never guessed that he would of been so much more popular than 2pac!!

even though 2pac is dead, I would of thought he would of reigned supreme.. am I naive?

thoughts?



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update:






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classic 2pac.











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lil wayne on the bus, skip 30seconds



why does he always look really high?

about Basecamp feature I want #35

Jason,

When I am in the files section, I want to know how many people have downloaded the file and at what time. It would seem straightforward to program.

And in the "who's talking in this thread" on the right side, why doesnt it show me the persons headshot?

Thoughts?


// jesse

about Cancel AOL

bad customer service sucks

about jess3skull

so far 3 people have cooperated with the jess3skull tag challenge,



c00lmarie shows some love




andre




red i


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If anyone wants some of my skull stickers send me an email with your address to jessethomas@jess3.com

about Justice - DVNO

and these are the original titles the video was based on

about a classic G.I. Joe Movie Intro

this used to blow my mind.

about woopra - analytics 2.0

saw this on techcrunch

about the MAC vs PC ads

This has been such a succesful campaign for Apple. I always think about this when im explaining to someone why macs are better. Do you agree?

about Videos from the Second Italian IA Summit

Eric Reiss

Federica Longo

Cristina Lavazza - Andrea Fiacchi

Nicola Guarino

Luca Mascaro

Alessandra Cornero

Jess McMullin

Alberto Mucignat

Carlo Batini - Riccardo Grosso In attesa di pubblicazione

Stefano Dominici

Gianpaolo D'Amico - Thomas M. Alisi - Eva Karhanova' - Giuseppe Teatino

Franco Carcillo - Vincenzo Mania

The first batch of full videos from the Second Italian IA Summit (Trento, November 16-17 2007)

about Reed Dollaz freestyle battles

this kid is crazy. south philly!

about Candidates@Google

google is at it again, check out this link to the @google talks on youtube

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Obama




Senator Obama also sat for an interview with YouTube's Steve Grove, with the questions posed by the YouTube community:




and ron paul




and john edwards




and hillary

about The Wire - Season 1, Playing Chess

I rented the first season of the HBO series "The Wire". this is a scene im watching right now..



The Wire - Season 1, Playing Chess

about Kanye West - Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)

Kanye West - Flashing Lights (Diplo Remix)

This exclusive Diplo remix to “Flashing Lights”

about doing the 45!

Ryan Shaw - "Do The 45"



and at bonnaroo 2007 performing "change gone come" .. one of my favorite songs



and a throwback Sam Cooke track!



Sam Cooke singing "Blowin' In The Wind" on ABC's Shindig!, 1964

about stop spring!

at the corner of New Hampshire Ave & Corcoran St NW

via voteprime on flickr

about the stussy party

about Teriyaki Boyz - ZOCK ON!! feat.. PHARRELL and BUSTA RHYMES

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Teriyaki Boyz - I Still Love H.E.R. feat. Kanye West

about red bull coke!

red bull is promoting their new product - Cola

about jonnys partay

When: 9PM EST, March 26, 2008
Who: Jesse Thomas and Leslie Bradshaw, Jonny Goldstein, Scott Stead, and you.
What: It’s not just an interactive web TV talk show, it’s a Par-tay.
Where: www.jonnyspartay.com

This is the writeup from the site:

Join us as we talk art, design, web 2.0, branding, business, and love in the age of the interwebs with Jesse Thomas and Leslie Bradshaw.

Just one glimpse at the collage above by Jesse, and you will realize he does not look at the world the way you and I do. And that’s a good thing.

Jesse, or jessesaves as he is known on twitter, is one of those people who combines artistic talent, curiosity, the web, and entrepreneurial instincts to connect to the world in interesting ways. If you live in DC, you probably have seen his artwork on the Busboys and Poets website, in galleries around town, or on a skateboard. He’s also a part owner and creator of allfacebook.com and socialtimes.com with Nick O’Neill. When he’s not in DC creating, Jesse bounces around the globe looking for design inspiration; for example, he will be traveling to China with AIGA on a design expedition in May. To find out more about the phenomenon that is Jesse Thomas, check out this article.

His partner in crime, Leslie Bradshaw rocks in her own right. A former producer for the alway entertaining McLaughlin Group TV show, “She currently balances dual roles as a full time Public Affairs Community Manager for New Media Strategies, as well as the President and Operational Director of JESS3.” And as a special bonus: Leslie spent some of her formative years in Junction City, just miles from where Jonny grew up.

about Lupe Fiasco - "Superstar"

LUPE!

about Kosovo

View more of .dExTeR.’s amazing photos of Kosovo in this set.

about Hustlin

"the real norieaga, he owe me a hundred favors"

about If Saul Bass did the Star Wars titles

via newsdesigner and calacanis

about zoop

I bought this game problay 10 years ago, for Super Nintendo, im dating myself here.. but I look back at the design of this game and it was really far ahead of its time.

about imagine this: tv experiences in 2030

I was just thinking about what a tv experience might be like in the year 2030. Consumers at this point in time will be so cluttered with media choices, they will value personal connections very highly. One thing that will continue to entertain families around the world are comedians, a comedian typically performs for a small crowd and will spend a good portion of his life in hole in the wall dive clubs and never make any real money.. and the good comedians of course come up the ranks and emerge with their own clubs and shows to leverage this under utilized talent pool known as "performers". In the future, the concept of Television will be much different than how we are using it today. More people are watching content alone than ever before. We need to find ways to connect those lone viewers to connect with community in ways that fully utilize the potential of social media.

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Imagine you sit down on a Thursday night with your family and you turn on the "comedy" channel on your media unit (formerly known as tv)- you then are able to choose from a selection of comedians. The comedian is standing there waiting for you to choose him to perform for your family. When you select a comedian based on data on the screen you are clicking through, the comedian is given the data of all the people in the room.. {Dad is in defense, mom is a house wife that only like PG humor, the kids are 5 and 8 and like harry potter more than anything..} alot of customer preferences are available for the performer to tap into. The performer then uses this set of profiles and uses that in his material. He is commenting on recent trips, and recent journal (blog) posts from the family..

This kind of performance will become much more common. Imagine how this technology will play out with pornography..

So if you are still with me .. imagine the kind of culture that will be built around these workaholics, the personal nature of the performances will create a marketplace for this new talent. Imagine a small play troop that does plays using this platform? and of course the global market place of performers opens up all sorts of interesting opportunities.

another vision I have, is that american idol style championships will be held via your living room.. performers are scrappy, they will take work any way they can get it..

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another thing that will influence the TV experience is the use of live blogging functionality, in all its glory. The concept of chatting in real time during the super bowl, using text, and video conferences with other public viewers. The concept is explored by some companies uses of the virtual world "secondlife" and the community around wikipedia. Imagine if while watching the state of the union (delivered by Obama IV) you are able to read what other people are thinking as things are being said, and if you want to just watch the boring straight video feed without the headline news ticker style conversation.




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mystery science theater 3000, is a show from the late 90s where they took a corny movie from the 50s, and had 3 comedians talking over top of it. The show was a cult hit.




xbox live, for those that dont know; is a function of the xbox gaming platform (by microsoft) it allows for the user to play games thru its internet terminal. you can also get a headset w/microphone and Talk with other gamers while you play.


cnn i-reporter, does a great job of setting guidelines of what they want from consumer generated media.

think about the cnn experience in the future, it will have many more regular people featured as correspondents. Anyone that wants to sign away rights to show their image on tv can become a pundit.. in fact we are already very close to this, imagine a political blogger that has a camera on top of his tv (installed like on the mac laptops) that was utilized for other things (communication like a phone)



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about a special Spike Lee jordan shoe

JORDAN SPIZ'IKE THE RIGHT THING

the shoe combines styles from 5 editions of the shoe.

As described on kicksandthecity.com:

In celebration of their historic relationship, Jordan Brand and Spike Lee have come together to design the Jordan Brand Spiz’ike, a combination of the Jordan III, IV, V, VI, and XX. A relationship that began in the late 80’s through Nike’s agency Widen + Kennedy, Spike’s character, Mars Blackmon, and Michael Jordan became the defacto faces of the then emerging Jordan legacy. A key ingredient in helping to mold the image of the then young Jordan line, Spike Lee contributed to each sneaker represented through the Spiz’ike including his most recent return to the brand last year with the Air Jordan XX.

The designers behind the Jordan Spiz’ike took the most discernible characteristics of the Jordan III, IV, V, VI, and XX and combined them onto one upper. The Air Jordan III is represented through the cement print and sole of the sneaker, the wings of the Jordan IV are placed at the ankles of the sneaker, the netting, ankle, lacelock, and the overall shape of the sneaker are taken from the Jordan V, the Jordan VI is represented through its classic tongue, and the lasering on the Jordan XX makes another appearance on the sockliner of the Spiz’ike. In addition to the obvious Jordan design characteristics, Spike Lee’s Mars Blackmon character and his “40 Acres and a Mule” logo are placed on the back of the kix.

about going to China with AIGA in May 2008

I am so excited about this!

This May in collaboration with Package and Design Magazine of China and AIGA XCD, I will be traveling deep into the heart of China's flourishing design scene. China’s creative spirit is transforming it from the world’s manufacturer to an economy of national brand development and ideation. It is a must-see for any globally savvy designer.

My arrival will be announced on the shelves in China by the magazine in March 2008. Package and Design Magazine will publish a profile and design samples in a feature article.

I will enjoy two weeks of design-focused activities, visiting great design firms and schools. There will be time for tourism too: from the Great Wall of China to the Qin Terra-cotta Warriors. In short, this expedition promises to be not only an exploration of culture and design, but also an expedition to remember.

Scheduled cities: Beijing, Tianjing, Xi'an, Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Join us for the AIGA XCD China 2008 Expedition; experience the creative power behind China’s exponential growth.

more details soon, but for now hit me with any recommendations in china.

I am planning to hit tokyo on the way home also.


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ITINERARY
As of 22 April 2008
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Tuesday, 5 May 2008
TOKYO - trend tour

Wednesday, 8 May 2008
TOKYO - social networking conference

Saturday, 10 May
Day spent enroute to Beijing
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Sunday, 11 May :: BEIJING
Arrive in Beijing. — Take taxi to hotel
(it is possible that China Travel Service will arrange pick-up at airport. Will confirm)

Beijing Hotel: Sariz International Hotel
19 Zhong Guang Cun Avenue
Haidian,Beijing,China
Tel: 86 10 82488866

Afternoon: Free Time/Visit local markets

Evening: None

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Monday, 12 May :: BEIJING

Morning: Bus to Tianjin (1.5 hrs)

Visit Century and Creation
Multidisciplinary design /
advertising firm

Afternoon: Bus back to Beijing

Evening: 789 Art Area

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Tuesday, 13 May :: BEIJING

Morning: Tsinghua University (9:00 am)
Ma Quan
Director, Design Department
No. 1 Haidan District, Beijing

Afternoon: Central Academy of Fine Arts (CAFA)
Wang Min, Dean
School of Design
8 Huajiadi Nan Jie
Chaoyang District, Beijing

5 of our group to present at CAFA

AIGA China (at CAFA)
Amy Gendler, Director

Evening: Free Time or possible CAFA social

Overnight in Beijing

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Wednesday, 14 May :: BEIJING

Early Morning: Bus to Great Wall

Morning: Great Wall
Tomb of Ming

Afternoon/Evening: Return by bus to Beijing

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Thursday, 15 May :: BEIJING

Morning: Design visit TBA (Designer of Olymic Logo)

Afternoon: Summer Palace
Lama Temple

Evening: Free Time

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Friday, 16 May :: BEIJING

Morning: Visit small firms

Afternoon: Forbidden City
Beihai Park
TianAn Men Sq

Evening: Free time

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Saturday, 17 May :: XIAN

Morning: Fly to Xian

Xian Hotel: Aurum International Hotel
30 Nan Xin Street
Xian, China
Tel: 86 29 87672774

Afternoon: Bell Tower
Forest of Steles Caligraphy

Evening: Ancient City Wall

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Sunday, 18 May :: XIAN

Morning: Terra-Cotta Warriors

Afternoon: HuaQing Pool

Evening: Free time

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Monday, 19 May :: XIAN

Morning: Art Academy of Xian

Afternoon: Workshop with teachers at
Art Academy of Xian

Evening: Free time

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Tuesday, 20 May :: GUANGZHOU

Morning: Fly to Guangzhou

Guangzhou Hotel: Hotel Landmark
8 qiao Guang Road
Guangzhou,China
Tel: 86 20 83355988

Afternoon: Chen Temple

Evening: Pearl River Boat Tour

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Wednesday, 21 May :: GUANGZHOU

Morning: Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts (GAFA) College of Design
Tong Huiming, Vice President

Afternoon: Small firms/Publishing Cos

Evening: Free time

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Thursday, 22 May :: HONG KONG

Early Morning: Train to Hong Kong

Hong Kong Hotel: Harbour Plaza North Point
665 King’s Road
North Point, Hong Kong
Tel:(00852)21878888

Morning: Henry Steiner at Polytechnic
University (includes tour of design school there)

Afternoon: Design Visits TBA (Kan & Lau?)

Evening: TBA

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Friday, 23 May :: HONG KONG

Morning: idN Magazine

Afternoon: Half-Day City Tour

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Saturday, 24 May :: HONG KONG

Depart for Los Angeles

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Sunday, 25 May :: Los Angeles

hang out with bridget and justin


Wednesday, 28 May :: Los Angeles

about Teyana Taylor - Google Me

horrible song. interesting idea. great timing.. my only question is what google thinks? @erikn

about Yes We Can Remix

I love the Yes We Can track.. so amazing. I am surprised no one has remixed it yet?? on youtube you can find a couple acoustic remixes, but I would of loved to of seen more.

blue state should do a remix competition, and distribute the acapella tracks to djs and get dj dangermouse to do a remix or something..

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about your app design sucks

h/t leslie + henke

about Free Soren Dayton!

Arizona Sen. John McCain's campaign today suspended Soren Dayton, a low-level aide in the political department, after he forwarded an inflammatory anti-Obama YouTube video mashup to his private Twitter feed. --Garance Franke-Ruta (wapo)

the video is interesting.. that dood does seem kind of sketch

about Do The Test

about Judgement Day being upon us…

a comment on youtube by Veles7 resonated with my thoughts.

"oh crap....now they will mount machineguns on this thing and send it to dispose of every country deemed unwanted....fuck,this made me sick..."

37signals posted with this comment

"If partially hydrogenated oils don’t kill us, this thing surely will."

about Pearl Jam - Do The Evolution

Pearl Jam did a music video in 1998 with Todd McFarlane (spawn comic creator). Here is a link to download it.

about Kevin Rose

I met Mr.Rose at sxsw, and he put up my link on his blog. http://kevinrose.com/

Thanks Kevin!! and hello to all the new traffic!

about why cam'ron will never snitch, not even if hes living next to a serial killer

about Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre - Who Am I (What's My Name)

about What advertisers pay to catch your wandering eye.

GOOD Magazine: Paying for Your Attention

about Armando Jimenez

when I was in seattle I bought a possum by Jimenez, and it was love at first sight. I am now planning a trip to Oaxaca, Mexico to meet him and see the workshop etc. more on that later..













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Manuel Jimenéz is usually credited as being the father of the popular carved animals, often referred to as alebrijes because of their similarity with the fanciful papier mache sculptures popular in Mexico since the 1930s.

Jimenéz grew up in Arrazola, Oaxaca in Mexico and worked as a shepherd for many years. Alone in the wilderness tending his sheep, he began to carve animal figures from copal wood. According to ABeCedarios author K.B. Basseches, Jimenéz did what is natural for artists—he captured the spirit of what was around him. As a shepherd, that happened to be animals.

Jimenéz started to sell his wood carvings in the late 50s and by the late 60s was exhibiting in museums in Mexico and the U.S. However, the figures did not truly take off until the 80s, when Santa Fe décor and style became popular in the United States. The small, brightly colored figures complement the adobe and bright Mexican or Indian colors and patterns.

As people in Arrazola and surrounding regions saw the Jimenéz family’s success, they took up the art form too and the region became known for its wood carvings. Since the 1990s, this popularity has been the catalyst for an economic boom that has allowed Arrazola to develop health clinics, pave roads, build a church and plaza, construct sewers, and facilitate education for children.

The technique used to create alebrijes appears simple on the surface but requires an eye for form. The artisans will work with the natural form of copal wood pieces to shape particular figures. Using a machete, they cut off all the bark and trace out the figure. Then, using a smaller knife, they cut out all the body parts. The sculpture is left to dry in the sun for a week. As the wood dries in the sun, cracks are sanded and sealed. Finally, it is painted with acrylic paints. It takes approximately one week to create a single sculpture.

Although many families in Arrazola are now making their living or supplementing their income through woodcarving, author Cynthia Weill says that the animals created by the Jimenéz family are distinct: simple, clean, and sleek.

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Oaxaca, Mexico.





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this one is by Luis Pablo





Luis Pablo, considered one of the top Oaxacan wood carving masters.

He is known for his realistic carvings contemporary use of color and painting techniques as well as his superb workmanship.


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Victor Xuana

Lovely miniature carvings by Victor Xuana. The Xuana family is know for their great quality miniature carvings such as this.




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Damian & Beatriz Morales

Gorgeous flamingo wood carving created by Damian and Beatriz Morales from Arrazola.

This talented couple of artists produce a wide variety of finely carved and painted figures. Damian carves them and Betty masterfully paints them.

about clementine cafe

I designed the branding and website for a new spot in harrisonburg va, jmu's town

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about MIT's Joshua Green - Convergence Culture & New Media

This is Joshua Green from MIT's Session from Inverge 2007
TOPIC: More than Bringing Things Together: Convergence Culture and New Media Logics

about Philip Worthington's Shadow Monsters

Shadow Monsters by Philip Worthington is an installation of magical monsters that appear from the shadow of your hands.

about Crayon Physics Deluxe

Crayon Physics Deluxe is a 2D physics puzzle game, in which you get to experience what it would be like if your drawings would be magically transformed into real physical objects. Solve puzzles with your artistic vision and creative use of physics.

about Ease On Down The Road - The Wiz

Michael Jackson and Diana Ross - Ease On Down The Road - The Wiz (1978)

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thanks to sernovitz for the link

about How to get a free meal at McDonald's