Justin Van Genderen has a new series of posters that beautifully capture the innovation that was Mercury, Gemini and Apollo. 6 posters are available and you can order them here.
hat tip (the fox is black)
Gumroad
Looking for a simple way to sell something online? Want to sell a design, a song or a download link to your film? Then gumroad might be for you. Founded in 2012, by an early pinterest team member, Gumroad closed a 8.9 million dollar round of funding to further its goal – “if you can share it, you can sell it.”
I’ve been using gumroad to sell a tweet book that I wrote and the service is so painless. Definitely worth your time.
Touchscreen Tables
Koren Korean electronics company Moneual has developed a touchscreen table for restaurants. The goal – optimize the dining experience with streamlined ordering from the table, rich media menus and NFC integration so you can pay the bill by touching your phone to the table. The table is on display this week at CES.
hat tip (technabob)
Art of Pickpocketing
Fascinating look at the art of pickpocketing. The New Yorker profiles Adam Green and in the process he shares some tricks of the trade. Green isn’t focused on theft (he always returns the items) but instead treats it as a magic.
Write a Letter to Yourself
General Assembly has launched a cool campaign to help you keep your goals for the year called “Write a letter to yourself”. You do the writing and they’ll send the reminder in 6 months so that you can track your progress.
Hat tip (GOOD)
Thee Oh Sees
Known for their energetic shows, lo-fi grit and crazy output, The Oh Sees lead by John Dwyer (CoachWhips, Pink and Brown) started as a side project but over the years has grown into a full band. Thee Oh Sees kick off an Australian tour later this month. One stop of note is All Tomorrow’s Parties with My Bloody Valentine, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and more.
Here’s Meat Step Lively…
Learn Do Share
Learn Do Share is a collaborative booksprint that captures the thoughts, projects and spirit of each diy days event. Written, edited and published by attendees of the event, LDS is released under a creative commons license and is intended to be added to and remixed. You can download the 65 page ebook for FREE here. It’s a wonderful look at creativity, storytelling, and collaborative design in the 21st Century.
The UrbanTimes has a nice write up on the first edition of Learn Do Share.
As a by-product of my research projects, I sometimes come across great conceptual experiments that use contemporary ingredients and new methodologies in innovative set ups.
‘Learn Do Share‘ is the account of such an unusual experiment: DIY Days NYC was an interactive conference with workshops at the beginning of the year. I found the eBook last week released under a creative commons license to be shared remixed and expanded. The following is a summary cross-referenced with some of the topics I have been researching and writing about previously.
As explained in Participatory Trends: We Communicate, Connect and Share, the trend of collaborative consumption evolves with the enthusiasm built around fast communication technology and the global movement of ‘Sharing’.
DIY Days in New York aimed high: Inspired by the visionary Buckminster Fuller, the challenge was how to make the world work for 100% of humanity.
The answer was co-creation, using storytelling as the tool to get started.
diy days heads to Gothenburg Sweden on February 2nd.
Tickets are free but space is limited.