social object: "sweaty betty"- June 30, 2008 Sweaty Betty. Though I'm not exactly their target market, I love this brand. They have a store next door to one of my regular London watering holes, which is how I first came across them. From the moment I...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004596.html creating "blue monsters"- June 25, 2008 BACKSTORY: A year and a half ago, I created the Blue Monster cartoon, which with the help of Microsoft's Steve Clayton, took on a life of its own inside the Microsoft Corp. It was fun, interesting, Steve and I...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004594.html meaning scales, people don't.- June 25, 2008 More thoughts on "How To Be Creative": 38. Meaning Scales, People Don't. From my blog: "Meaning Scales". February, 2005:As Buddha says, there is no one road to Nirvana. Enlightenment is a house with 6 billion doors. While we're alive,...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004593.html when your dreams become reality, they are no longer your dreams- June 24, 2008 More thoughts on "How To Be Creative": 37. When your dreams become reality, they are no longer your dreams. If you are successful, it'll never come from the direction you predicted. Same is true if you fail. A Brief...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004592.html hugh & the rabbi, episode 6- June 23, 2008 Download the Podcast Podcast RSS feed Johnnie Moore, Mark Earls, Rabbi Pinny and myself all met the other week and talked for 70 minutes. It was fun. It was rambling. It was all good. Hope you have a listen...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004591.html new mistake- June 20, 2008 When I briefly met Esther Dyson the other day, I gave her the above cartoon, which I had drawn there, right on the spot. It was, of course, inspired by her classic maxim, "Always make new mistakes". What a...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004587.html hello from san francisco- June 16, 2008 Close-up on Fed 45. Approx 1.5x1.5 inches square. Click on image to enlarge etc. UPDATE: You can follow my goings on at Supernova over on my Twitter page. Also, they have their own Twitter page here. Blogging this from...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004586.html the puck- June 14, 2008 "The Puck". Pencil on paper, approx. 16 x 21 inches. "Aim for where the puck is headed, not for where it is", is a line that my friend, Fred Wilson once quoted to me. It's his personal mantra for...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004585.html "fred 45" update- June 14, 2008 Click on image to enlarge etc. Well, "Fred 45" is coming along, slowly. Approx 15 x 21 inches, ink & pencil on paper. Last time I blogged it, it was just a pencil grid. All this traveling I've been...http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/004584.html |