Februar 2012
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Januar 2012
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“If all else fails, I drink half a bottle of rum and play a Handel oratorio on...”
– David Ogilvy (via austinkleon)
And here is another tool for inspiration: http://www.perpetualkid.com/ideas-kraft-journal.aspx
Oktober 2011
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September 2011
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August 2011
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“You know the typical crowd, “Wow, it’s Friday night, what are you going to do?...”
– Charles Bukowski (via magalomania)
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On "glorified testimonials" and getting in the way... →
austinkleon:
From an interview with Kate Kiefer, content curator for Mailchimp, who make terrific “Customer Stories” videos like this one for A Book Apart.
campcopy:
The glorified-testimonial approach to case studies didn’t feel like us anymore. Was I really going to visit this amazing factory where they make signed and numbered blue jeans by hand, and simply ask them how MailChimp’s...
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“Perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but...”
– Antoine de Saint-Exupery, Wind, Sand and Stars (He was writing about the engineering of airplanes.)
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“When you sit down to write a poem, you really don’t know where you’re going. If...”
– Philip Levine (via austinkleon)
Juli 2011
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Juni 2011
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Anschauenaustinkleon:
Customer Stories: A Book Apart | MailChimp
Rad publishing model.
Mai 2011
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Anschauen
April 2011
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AnschauenGerade gefunden.
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März 2011
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“There are more valid facts and details in works of art than there are in history...”
– Charlie Chaplin (via saatchionline)
Making Kayaks vs. Canoes
austinkleon:
Making Kayaks vs. Canoes
Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) turned me on to this take on subtractive thinking by George Dyson, author of Darwin Among The Machines:
In the North Pacific ocean, there were two approaches to boatbuilding. The Aleuts (and their kayak-building relatives) lived on barren, treeless islands and built their vessels by piecing together skeletal frameworks from...
“Instead of shooting arrows at someone else’s target, which I’ve never been very...”
– Brian Eno (via austinkleon)
Februar 2011
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Don't discard. Keep all your pieces in play.
austinkleon:
I’ve been thinking about that Margaret Atwood quote I posted, “You’re supposed to do one thing. If you do more than that, people get confused.”
It’s not just that other people get confused — you yourself get confused. You love all these things, but you feel like you’re supposed to pick one.
The best talk I ever heard/drew on the subject was Steven Tomlinson at TEDxAustin in...
“What saved me in the long run: whether I went to school or not, I would always...”
– The RZA in a brilliant 2005 Fresh Air interview (via austinkleon)
