A Distinctive Taste
A collection and interpretation of media and influences. Designed for the mindset that appreciates style, substance, and creativity.
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Video reblogged from The Awesome Farm
Everything that we call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you and you can change it. You can influence it. You can build you own things that other people can use.
Shout out to:rashidzakat
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Way ahead of the game. Steve Jobs and former Apple CEO John Sculley
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Presenting the cover of our special commemorative Steve Jobs issue. Dirk Barnett, Newsweek’s Creative Director, describes the choice:
We found this amazing photo in the Newsweek archives—famed fashion photographer Hiro photographed Steve Jobs for Newsweek in 1983. We felt this was a timeless ode to a business and cultural icon.
What do you think?
That is a dramatic photo — and one that hasn’t been seen everywhere already.
Bowties up in this piece.
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Photo reblogged from United States of Alex
You know something’s important when even thepursuitaesthetic adds a post source.
Beautiful simplicity is no accident.
(Source: thepursuitaesthetic)
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Photo reblogged from From the Interwebbery
Today at noon (CST), Apple will make a long-awaited announcement from their campus in Cupertino, rumors swirling that it’s the iPhone 5 hardware and maybe a few other surprises.
rumored hardware pictured above
Rumor mill:
http://www.fastcompany.com/1781564/the-apple-pie-the-tastiest-rumors-about-the-iphone-5-and-more07:00AM - Hawaii
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09:00PM - Moscow
02:00AM - Tokyo (October 5th)Shout out to:seanberger
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Video reblogged from Brooklyn Mutt
Watch the world’s first 3-D rendered movie, created in 1972 by the man who would later found Pixar. (Vulture)
“Steve told us in 1986 that we were the only group of people who knew what to do with a 100+ megabyte memory and when personal computers got that big someday we would be way ahead of the curve. Photoshop is a direct descendent of that technology.”
-Loren Carpenter, original Pixar member
Shout out to:brooklynmutt
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UK Government Discusses Limiting Social Media
British officials met with representatives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry to discuss ways of restricting social media use during periods of civil disruption Thursday. Among the items discussed: requiring users to use their real names on Twitter.
WikiLeaks Cables Show China’s Failure to Measure Air Pollution
China has refrained from measuring the most dangerous types of air pollution in an effort to avoid political consequences, according to U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks on Wednesday.
Google Kills Slide in Favor of Google+
Google has allegedly decided to dissolve Slide, a social apps company it acquired last year for $182 million, as it shifts its social networking efforts to Google+.
Apple’s Stock Price Stabilizes
Investors seem to have shrugged off Apple‘s bombshell announcement on Wednesday that Steve Jobs was resigning as CEO. The company’s stock price, which had fallen as much as 7% in after-hours trading, was down less than 1% by mid-afternoon Thursday.
Further News
- Tim Cook sent his first memo to Apple employees Thursday.
- Mozilla’s CEO has defended Firefox’s accelerated, six-week release cycle in a blog post.
- Fox Searchlight is shunning traditional promotional opportunities for its upcoming film Martha Marcy May Marlene in favor of an elaborate QR code campaign.
- Flipboard, a social newsreading app for the iPad, is setting its sights on TV and film.
- The Sims Social, a reboot of Electronic Arts’ bestselling $4 billion games franchise, has only been out of beta since last Thursday — but it already has 4.6 million people playing it daily.
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Photo reblogged from Today's Tie
Before the black turtle necks and setting the standard for dressing terrible in Silicon valley. He was trained in the basics. Bottom button unbuttoned sir. He knew what was up.
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Post reblogged from WeTheUrban
This is probably the biggest resignation of the century for the innovation and business worlds.One of most inspiring and iconic creative thinkers of our age. A man who has inspired thousands of millions of people to follow their computer/tech dreams. Finally stepping down from CEO of one of the most innovative companies in the world.
Apple has confirmed that Apple COO Tim Cook will replace Jobs as CEO, following Jobs’ own recommendation. Considering that Cook has filled in for Jobs in the times of his medical leaves (including the one he has been on this year), this has been widely expected if and when it came time for Jobs to step down. Read the letter of resignation from Steve himself after the jump:
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We were a hardware company; we didn’t actually have any business doing animation, because there was no money in it,” Catmull says. “We were struggling as a company, but Steve knew that in our hearts, we wanted to do animation, and if there’s one thing Steve understands, it’s passion.” Jobs has said, “Pixar was a money pit for me. I kept putting money into it, and the only bright spot was John’s short films. He’d say, ‘Can I have $300,000 to make a short film?’ And I’d say, ‘OK, go make it.’ That was the only thing that was fun.
Pixar’s lamp shines a light on an animated universe - latimes.com (via fillup)
Fun is at the heart of it all.
(via zadi)
