Looking at the magazine service Stack
A couple weeks ago I mentioned Stacked. Essentially you subscribe to Stacked and in return you get magazines mailed to you that are very unique and slightly off the mainstream radar. It’s a great idea that I was curious to experience myself. A couple days ago I received my first mailing that included Pin–Up from the US d[xi] was from Spain. If you read the letter... Read More
REVIEW COPY: Manzine
When my friend Ray recently im’d me about a magazine he wanted to pass along to me, I was all for it of course—it had been awhile since I reviewed anything from print. When I saw the cheap blue photocopier paper coming out of a brown envelope I was like “hmm, what is this?”. My snobby design sensibilities were kicking in. As I thumbed through it I was a bit... Read More
Link Drop (8·28·09)
This week’s collection of stuff that I’ve found interesting via Link Drop contains a lot of new themes. There’s stuff about smell, flowers and even Whole Foods. Apple makes it’s usual appearance, though in a more positive light. I also seem to be listening to a lot of personal stories via podcasts and interviews. Hopefully if it’s raining where you... Read More
Link Drop (6·19·09)
This week’s edition of Link Drop is a bit lighter than usual. The summer is supposed to be less busy but that doesn’t seem to be the case and in turn that means less time to collect and filter interesting stuff on the interwebs. The new iPhone came out which made me happy as I was getting tired of my 2nd generation iPhone that I’ve had for a couple years. I’ll... Read More
Link Drop (5·29·09)
I’m not entirely sure why but I’m pretty happy how this week turned out for Link Drop. Lots of Design process, typography, NYC, social and business stuff. Art doesn’t usually get mentioned that much, but there’s a couple mentions of it. Usually by Wednesday I’m wondering if I’m going to have enough stuff that keep me interested, and it was the... Read More
Link Drop (5·15·09)
I’m hopping that publishing Link Drops on a Sunday as opposed to a Friday will stop after this week. I took the last week off hoping to get a lot of writing done, but life got in the way and I took the time to talk with a lot of people face to face. No complaints of course but I’m now weeks behind with what I wanted to have completed. Anyhow, I did still mange to find... Read More
Link Drop (5·08·09)
This was a pretty good week for me overall. I got some great coverage from Slate and CNN, and from the feedback so far, I gave a good talk for CreativeMornings. But it wasn’t entirely perfect. I ended being a part of ten15am which was probably the best for everyone involved. Sometime in the not so distant future I’ll do a post on some of the more interesting things... Read More
Distributing Design Publications Today
Let’s face it, design magazines are not immune to the collapse of the print industry. Some magazines have already shut down and by this time next year who knows what will be left. Just like most of the old media they were behind the times and haven’t really set up the infrastructure to thrive and deliver content how a lot of people take in their information. What’s... Read More
DesignNotes Ten Design-Related Blogs from NYC
A couple weeks ago Blogs.com asked me if I was willing to pass them on a list of design blogs based in NYC (I considered Brooklyn as part of this list) of my choosing. I thought it wouldn’t be that tough—but of course it was, not because of the quantity but because design for me can be a fairly broad term. There’s a lot of categories that blur into each other. To... Read More
How about an api for books or just a .txt file?
There’s been a lot of talk about API’s for a couple years now. In terms of technology evolution a lot of breakthroughs have/will come via the sharing of data and how it’s implemented. But what if you’re not an engineer or have that much technology background, you’re going to be sitting on the sidelines. Sadly a lot of people that do know how to play... Read More
