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Scripts and casting In the theatre, the play is written before casting begins. This gives the playwright freedom and...
1st Jun 2025
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Scripts and casting

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jun 2025
In the theatre, the play is written before casting begins. This gives the playwright freedom and responsibility, and it puts the text first. Writing for a sitcom is different. The 50th episode of Seinfeld was a lot easier to write because the cast and the tropes were already set....
🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26 + A Crisis of Fashion
7th Sep 2026
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🔗 SIGNAL SCAN :: 9.7.26

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Sep 2026
+ A Crisis of Fashion
On to the next thing Vitally important, rarely taught, easily messed up. In order to go onto the next thing, which we all...
1st May 2023
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On to the next thing

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st May 2023
Vitally important, rarely taught, easily messed up. In order to go onto the next thing, which we all do (unless you’re still wearing pajamas with feet and taking ballet lessons), we need to walk away from the last thing. Wrap it up, learn from it, leave it in good hands. And we...
PERSONAL UPDATE ❤️‍🩹 On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
18th Mar 2025
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PERSONAL UPDATE ❤️‍🩹

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Mar 2025
On losing a parent, my layoff anniversary, and revisiting regressive nostalgia
Ten Blue Links, "Cometh the hour, cometh the man-baby" edition Hi all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? It has been a week dominated by AI. Which is fitting because...
28th Feb 2026
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Ten Blue Links, "Cometh the hour, cometh the man-baby" edition

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

28th Feb 2026
Hi all. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? It has been a week dominated by AI. Which is fitting because AI dominated the weeks before it and will dominate the weeks ahead. That’s part of the reason I haven’t written for a
Thatch Curing American healthcare through incentives and choice
1st Oct 2025
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Thatch

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Oct 2025
Curing American healthcare through incentives and choice
LED Matrix Materials Guide I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and...
8th May 2017
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LED Matrix Materials Guide

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

8th May 2017
I built an LED matrix out of 256 WS2812 LEDs. This post will describe which materials I used and which I tried with no success so you don’t have to. Case For the case, I used a custom made photo frame. The main purpose of the case is to look good, which is...
Making music from death row “Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay...
17th Jul 2026
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Making music from death row

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

17th Jul 2026
“Every life hinges on poverty, gender and race,” Rrome Alone declares in the 2024 song, “and the pay of the attorney defending your case.”
Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
11th Jan 2024
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Generative AI and the Falling Costs of Art Creation

from On the Arts [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Jan 2024
For individual creators on a budget, the future is bright.
Foreskin’s Comment What a Billie Eilish Youtube comment diarist can teach us about forging meaningful online rituals
1st Aug 2023
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Foreskin’s Comment

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Aug 2023
What a Billie Eilish Youtube comment diarist can teach us about forging meaningful online rituals
The Forged Apple Employee Badge Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught...
16th May 2024
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The Forged Apple Employee Badge

from cabel.com [alt+shift+b] in creative

16th May 2024
Here’s a quick and cautionary tale. This eBay auction, spotted by Eric Vitiello, immediately caught my eye: Wow. Someone was selling Apple Employee #10’s employee badge?! What an incredible piece of Apple history! Sure, it’s not Steve Jobs’ badge (despite the auction title), but...
The other kind of magic We wait and hope for the first kind, the magic that arrives just when we need it. This is the magic...
1st Nov 2025
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The other kind of magic

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Nov 2025
We wait and hope for the first kind, the magic that arrives just when we need it. This is the magic of inspiration, or of good fortune. The magic of opportunties offered and connections made. There never seems to be enough of this sort of magic. The other kind, though, is...
Jurassic Punk If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven...
16th Dec 2022
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Jurassic Punk

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

16th Dec 2022
If you’re reading this blog, you probably know the story — at least, you think you do. As Steven Spielberg began production on 1993’s Jurassic Park, he and Industrial Light and Magic’s Dennis Muren planned to execute the all-important visual effects component of the film’s...
On The Course: Creating Life Drawing Mono Screen Prints I (Bridget) was lucky enough to take part on last years Life-Drawing Monoscreen Printing workshop...
7th Jun 2023
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On The Course: Creating Life Drawing Mono Screen Prints

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Jun 2023
I (Bridget) was lucky enough to take part on last years Life-Drawing Monoscreen Printing workshop with Tricia Johnson. During the course, we worked with a life model to create painterly screen prints using the mono screen method. We used acrylic based screen printing inks and...
Meet the Maker: Rach Lloyd Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and...
2nd Oct 2024
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Meet the Maker: Rach Lloyd

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Oct 2024
Hello, my name is Rach and I'm a printmaker from Shropshire. I go by the name Rach Lloyd Press, and pride myself on making all of my print-runs and editions in very small numbers, so people can own a unique piece of artwork at an affordable price. I am a multidisciplinary artist,...
Product contentment Joyful consumerism.
19th Jul 2026
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Product contentment

from Ánh [alt+shift+b] in creative

19th Jul 2026
Joyful consumerism.
Weekly Dose of Optimism #205 Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses
7th Aug 2026
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #205

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Aug 2026
Terraform, Billion-Dollar Rounds, Oklo Goes Critical, Astra Math, Terafab + Extra Doses
Chaos in the medium: watercolour plotting Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with painting in watercolours using my AxiDraw...
12th Jun 2024
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Chaos in the medium: watercolour plotting

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

12th Jun 2024
Over the past few weeks, I've been experimenting with painting in watercolours using my AxiDraw plotter. Watercolour is a medium I enjoy painting in (by hand) as a personal hobby, kind of separate from my public art making, so it’s been interesting to combine it with code. I’ve...
Iconic Animator Chuck Jones Creates an Oscar-Winning Animation About the Virtues of Universal Health... While our country looks like it might be coming apart at the seams, it’s good to revisit, every once...
1st Jul 2025
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1st Jul 2025
While our country looks like it might be coming apart at the seams, it’s good to revisit, every once in a while, moments when it did work. And that’s not so that we can feel nostalgic about a lost time, but so that we can remind ourselves how, given the right conditions, things...
Meet the Maker: Megan Hall I'm Megan Hall, a reduction linocut printmaker based in Plymouth, Devon. My work is inspired by...
5th Aug 2026
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Meet the Maker: Megan Hall

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Aug 2026
I'm Megan Hall, a reduction linocut printmaker based in Plymouth, Devon. My work is inspired by water and the time I spend outdoors, particularly swimming, paddleboarding and exploring the Devon coastline. I create original linocuts that try to capture those moments when the...
🟠 TREND RADAR #14 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is...
8th Mar 2026
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🟠 TREND RADAR #14 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

8th Mar 2026
Stability is the Dream. Speculation is the Strategy. Sexlessness is the Consequence. Appearance is the Outlet. Nostalgia is the Tonic.
Who Bullies The Bullies? but they're welcome to buy an iphone Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic,...
3rd May 2014
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Who Bullies The Bullies?

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd May 2014
but they're welcome to buy an iphone Pacific Standard. Get it? It's like The Atlantic, but it's Pacific. Totally different. So unlike The Atlantic, it will "attack the conventional wisdom from a west coast perspective." That's a quote. "But didn't the editors come from...
1st Jul 2025
Randi Zuckerberg Thinks We Should Untangle Our Wired Lives how hard could it be, none of those circles are actually connected Randi Zuckerberg is...
25th Jan 2014
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Randi Zuckerberg Thinks We Should Untangle Our Wired Lives

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

25th Jan 2014
how hard could it be, none of those circles are actually connected Randi Zuckerberg is CEO of Zuckerberg Media, which, according to its 10-K, is an iphone.  If you have no idea who she is, and you shouldn't, then the answer to your one and only question is yes. In her...
Emergence and Generative Art Sometimes, a system is more than the sum of its parts. Simple rules can lead to complex and...
7th Jun 2022
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Emergence and Generative Art

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Jun 2022
Sometimes, a system is more than the sum of its parts. Simple rules can lead to complex and surprising phenomena. This is emergence.
Hrishikesh Hirway is Ready to be Heard The creator of Song Exploder on releasing an album into the attention economy
13th May 2026
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Hrishikesh Hirway is Ready to be Heard

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th May 2026
The creator of Song Exploder on releasing an album into the attention economy
The razor edge of balance between effort and injury Exercise as a metaphor for life
19th Apr 2026
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The razor edge of balance between effort and injury

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

19th Apr 2026
Exercise as a metaphor for life
What does reality look like? Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early...
1st May 2024
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What does reality look like?

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st May 2024
Not what we see when we’re present, but what do we see when we imagine we’re present? In the early days of photography, the world was black and white, and sort of flat. It’s worth noting that no one who saw these pictures complained about the fact that they didn’t exactly match...
Homemade Pasta Is Easy When You Have Three Hands The Haterade Mailbag returns against all odds and most wishes.
7th Oct 2024
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Homemade Pasta Is Easy When You Have Three Hands

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Oct 2024
The Haterade Mailbag returns against all odds and most wishes.
13th Oct 2025
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What if distraction IS the distraction?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Oct 2025
Red Round-up Oct '25
Hundreds of Medieval Medical Manuscripts with Strange Cures Get Digitized & Put Online: From Leeches... If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings...
1st Aug 2025
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1st Aug 2025
If any discussion of medieval medicine gets going, it’s only a matter of time before someone brings up leeches. And it turns out that the centrality of those squirming blood-suckers to the treatment of disease in the Middle Ages isn’t much overstated, at least judging by a look...
Unpacking the Rise of Fan Fiction: From 'Star Trek' to 'Twilight'—A Statistical Analysis An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
4th Dec 2024
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4th Dec 2024
An exploration of modern fan fiction and the unique demography of its participants.
Thoroughly Modern Mämmi Bake off your sparge water for this finicky Finnish dessert
27th Aug 2022
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Thoroughly Modern Mämmi

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

27th Aug 2022
Bake off your sparge water for this finicky Finnish dessert
Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
7th Jan 2025
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Turkey Bacon for Teetotalers

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Jan 2025
Get organized this New Year by mechanically separating your meats.
The Snacks & Cereals of 2025 Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies,...
21st Apr 2026
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The Snacks & Cereals of 2025

from cabel.com [alt+shift+b] in creative

21st Apr 2026
Let’s pretend it’s January, because I’m ready and excited to present to you the #new chips, cookies, cereals, and assorted garbage I found in the wild during 2025!! Last year, we started a new (temporary?) Panic tradition — at the very end of our Monday status meeting, I run...
May '24 Myths & Recs Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
1st Jun 2024
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May '24 Myths & Recs

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jun 2024
Biden, Kurzgesagt, 90s Christian bands, and more
3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
3rd Nov 2024
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3 Pieces for Rethinking Identity Politics

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Nov 2024
Mental health, neurodivergence, orientation, and the path ahead
Walk away or dance AI and LLMs pose a particularly visceral threat to the typing class. Writers, editors, poets,...
1st Sep 2025
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Walk away or dance

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Sep 2025
AI and LLMs pose a particularly visceral threat to the typing class. Writers, editors, poets, freelancers, marketing copywriters and others are voicing reasonable (and unreasonable) objections to the pace and impact of tools like Claude, Kimi and ChatGPT. I think we have two...
Lightroom Adds Video Color Editing, with Prolost Presets From the Lightroom Blog: The same edit controls that you already use to make your photography shine...
15th Jun 2022
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Lightroom Adds Video Color Editing, with Prolost Presets

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

15th Jun 2022
From the Lightroom Blog: The same edit controls that you already use to make your photography shine can now be used with your videos as well! Not only can you use Lightroom’s editing capabilities to make your video clips look their best, you can also copy and paste edit settings...
Stream Online Monty Python and the Holy Grail Free on Its 50th Anniversary This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life...
1st May 2025
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1st May 2025
This year, YouTube celebrated its twentieth anniversary, prompting younger users to wonder what life could have been like before it. The fiftieth anniversary of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, which premiered in April of 1975, has inspired similar reflection among comedy...
We Are Ruled By Underpants Gnomes Small gnomes stealing underwear is no basis for a system of government
2nd Mar 2026
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We Are Ruled By Underpants Gnomes

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Mar 2026
Small gnomes stealing underwear is no basis for a system of government
Meet The Maker: Ian Burke Ian Burke is a Painter Printmaker based in the North Yorkshire Moors. He was born in Saltburn and...
11th Jan 2024
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Meet The Maker: Ian Burke

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Jan 2024
Ian Burke is a Painter Printmaker based in the North Yorkshire Moors. He was born in Saltburn and grew up in Redcar before studying Fine Art at Newcastle University. Having completed a Master's at Goldsmith's College, London he established a career in teaching art.  Ian now...
Primer: From Software to Schools Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
5th Mar 2025
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Primer: From Software to Schools

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Mar 2025
Watch now (47 mins) | To fix the school system, build schools
WHO KILLED COOL? AND WHAT DO WE CHASE NOW... Sincerely, isn't it ironic?
16th Oct 2025
The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
9th Jan 2024
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The Real Divorcees of Facebook Marketplace

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

9th Jan 2024
For sale: wife shoes, hardly worn
Generating The Alphabet My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser...
13th Mar 2024
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Generating The Alphabet

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Mar 2024
My current generative artwork-in-progress includes text, but I don’t want to use a font. In browser based art work, using a “web safe” font could produce inconsistent results, while including a font file would mean a large file size. Additionally, I don’t want a visual element of...
10 Billion Minus 1 - Making a 10 digit 7 segment display for Lovepop The process and steps of making a multi-digit display.
9th Jun 2019
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10 Billion Minus 1 - Making a 10 digit 7 segment display for Lovepop

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

9th Jun 2019
The process and steps of making a multi-digit display.
Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
10th Feb 2020
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Decreasing the F.Q. - A talk on Facial Recognition and the Opt Out Cap

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Feb 2020
Links to a talk I gave on the Opt-Out cap and the state of surveillance via facial recognition.
The Rise and Fall of TV Sitcoms: A Statistical Analysis The decline of the sitcom: from mainstream television staple to nostalgic relic.
18th Jun 2025
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The Rise and Fall of TV Sitcoms: A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Jun 2025
The decline of the sitcom: from mainstream television staple to nostalgic relic.
On the Arts: A Three Month Review And a Thank You to Subscribers
6th Sep 2023
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On the Arts: A Three Month Review

from On the Arts [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Sep 2023
And a Thank You to Subscribers
Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems? On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
3rd May 2026
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Why are we blaming hookup culture and casual sex for social problems?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd May 2026
On Alessandro Roz' erotic brotherhood for queer men, and what it's missing
Meet the Maker: Nicole Revy I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create...
1st Apr 2026
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Meet the Maker: Nicole Revy

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Apr 2026
I am a linocut printmaker trained in illustration. Working as Prints by the Bay I create narrative-driven prints about femininity and women’s connection to nature. Using one-colour and reduction linoprint, my illustrative work blends story, symbolism, and soul to evoke intuition...
Anti-viral with Hallie Bateman "People didn’t want the nicer thing. They wanted the $25 print they can tape to the wall."
5th Mar 2026
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Anti-viral with Hallie Bateman

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Mar 2026
"People didn’t want the nicer thing. They wanted the $25 print they can tape to the wall."
The Maintenance Of Certification Exam As Fetish no need to wait for the receipt (I had reworked an old post for a psychiatry trade journal, which I...
29th Apr 2014
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The Maintenance Of Certification Exam As Fetish

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

29th Apr 2014
no need to wait for the receipt (I had reworked an old post for a psychiatry trade journal, which I would happily have linked you to, except that page 2 is behind a login wall. So here is the version I submitted before the editors edited it, slightly longer with more typos. I am...
Which Songs Do We Replay the Most? A Statistical Analysis Which songs do we listen to on repeat? And how does binge-listening behavior change with age?
3rd Dec 2025
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Which Songs Do We Replay the Most? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Dec 2025
Which songs do we listen to on repeat? And how does binge-listening behavior change with age?
Are we returning to 1926? Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
11th Jan 2026
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Are we returning to 1926?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Jan 2026
Red Roundup — Nov-Dec, 2025
Are you doing what you said you wanted to do? If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv,...
1st Sep 2023
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Are you doing what you said you wanted to do?

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Sep 2023
If you want to be a poet, write poetry. Every day. Show us your work. If you want to do improv, start a troupe. Don’t wait to get picked. If you want to help animals, don’t wait for vet school. Volunteer at an animal shelter right now. If you want to write a screenplay, write […]
25.10 HUMANWASHING Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
11th Dec 2025
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25.10 HUMANWASHING

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Dec 2025
Post-Reality & A Hierarchy of Humanness
Meet the Maker: Ieuan Edwards I’m a linocut printmaker and illustrator based in Broadstairs on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, which...
5th Apr 2023
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Meet the Maker: Ieuan Edwards

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Apr 2023
I’m a linocut printmaker and illustrator based in Broadstairs on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, which is home to a good few other lino folks and a thriving and supportive art scene in general. Describe your printmaking process. I tend to print fairly small runs of reduction linocut...
Does anarchy break down in crisis? Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
14th Dec 2025
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Does anarchy break down in crisis?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

14th Dec 2025
Post-scarcity, natural disasters, and the state
Hunger Games Catching Fire: Badass Body Count sorry old man, I have a dress fitting to go to Number of people killed: 15 Number of...
1st Dec 2013
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Hunger Games Catching Fire: Badass Body Count

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Dec 2013
sorry old man, I have a dress fitting to go to Number of people killed: 15 Number of people Katniss kills: 1 Number of times she is saved by someone else: 6 Number of times she saves someone else: 0 But boy oh boy, wasn't she spectacular at practice, 9 targets in 30...
On coffee filters and filter bubbles and a banner ad that was good, actually
2nd Feb 2026
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On coffee filters and filter bubbles

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Feb 2026
and a banner ad that was good, actually
M1 Max MacBook Pro Long-term Report The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro Back in October when I got a...
7th Mar 2022
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M1 Max MacBook Pro Long-term Report

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Mar 2022
The 2021 MacBook Pro alongside the cable-management fail of my iMac Pro Back in October when I got a chance to use a pre-release 14″ MacBook Pro with M1 Max processor, I openly questioned whether this laptop could replace my venerable iMac Pro. Four months later, I’m back with an...
Creating art out of a weapon. Using the Stuxnet Virus. How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art made from the Stuxnet...
24th Mar 2021
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Creating art out of a weapon. Using the Stuxnet Virus.

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

24th Mar 2021
How and why I made Portrait of a Digital Weapon, a piece of electronic art made from the Stuxnet Virus.
Meet The Maker - Rebecca Perdue Hello! I'm Rebecca Perdue. I am a printmaker and artist based in a small garden studio in Wiltshire....
7th Mar 2024
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Meet The Maker - Rebecca Perdue

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Mar 2024
Hello! I'm Rebecca Perdue. I am a printmaker and artist based in a small garden studio in Wiltshire. I work primarily in linocut and monoprint, but also paint and make occasional silver jewellery pieces and textiles. I'm very interested in linking work across several...
Prolost Watches After my experience being rejected from the App Store, I was left with an unscratched itch to ship a...
7th May 2026
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Prolost Watches

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th May 2026
After my experience being rejected from the App Store, I was left with an unscratched itch to ship a native iPhone app. Staying well away from my day-job turf of tools for motion artists, I created an app to support a hobby I fell into. Prolost Watches is an iPhone app for...
Nikola Tesla Accurately Predicted the Rise of Wireless Technology & the Smartphone in 1926 Certain cult historical figures have served as prescient avatars for the techno-visionaries of the...
3rd Nov 2025
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3rd Nov 2025
Certain cult historical figures have served as prescient avatars for the techno-visionaries of the digital age. Where the altruistic utopian designs of Buckminster Fuller provided an ideal for the first wave of Silicon Valley pioneers (a group including computer scientist and...
10th Feb 2023
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Grumpily Ever After

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Feb 2023
The New Turing Test Changing the AI conversation
7th Dec 2023
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The New Turing Test

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Dec 2023
Changing the AI conversation
ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so...
22nd Jul 2018
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ESA ExoMars Rover 3D model

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

22nd Jul 2018
This is one of my first 3D modeling projects in Blender and my biggest 3D modeling project so far. It's a model of ESA's ExoMars rover. You can have a closer look at the model on Sketchfab: There is also a download option on Sketchfab so you can get the original .blend file and...
How could anarchy prevent bad people from taking control? “Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
9th Nov 2025
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How could anarchy prevent bad people from taking control?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

9th Nov 2025
“Some people are violent, power-hungry, domineering assholes”
🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
3rd Aug 2026
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🔵 TREND RADAR #20 :: TECH DRIVERS

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Aug 2026
Soft Optimization in a Surveillance State
25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST Forever young
9th Jun 2025
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25.7 LONGEVITY QUEST

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

9th Jun 2025
Forever young
Costless Sacrifice Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
5th Mar 2026
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Costless Sacrifice

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Mar 2026
Going off the Gold Standard but for Information
TREND RADAR #9 Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
6th Nov 2025
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TREND RADAR #9

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Nov 2025
Organic Literature & Potent Pleasures
Weekly Dose of Optimism #169 BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space...
7th Nov 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #169

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Nov 2025
BIG WEEK IN SPACE, Poseidon, Vulcan's $1.4B, Antibody Design, Chinese TMSR, Aquarius Economy, Space DJ, and Three Things I enjoyed
1st Mar 2025
And around we go... Making We're So Over, We're So Back The process of making an single purpose art PC that uses an aluminum casting as the radiator for a...
18th Jul 2025
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And around we go... Making We're So Over, We're So Back

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Jul 2025
The process of making an single purpose art PC that uses an aluminum casting as the radiator for a water-cooling loop.
Uni-Timer Ich bin seit diesem Semester Student und in der Uni dauern Vorlesungen immer 90 Minuten, von...
30th Nov 2013
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Uni-Timer

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

30th Nov 2013
Ich bin seit diesem Semester Student und in der Uni dauern Vorlesungen immer 90 Minuten, von “viertel nach” bis “viertel vor”. Da kam mir die Idee, dass man eine Uhr bräuchte, die nicht den Fortschritt der aktuellen Stunde, sondern den der aktuellen Vorlesung zeigt. Dazu habe ich...
We Don't Need Conspiracies The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
12th Jan 2025
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We Don't Need Conspiracies

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

12th Jan 2025
The real stories behind our problems are scary enough
Meet the Maker: Dave Buonaguidi Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal...
6th Feb 2025
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Meet the Maker: Dave Buonaguidi

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Feb 2025
Dave Buonaguidi, AKA Real Hackney Dave is a Hackney-based artist who combines the visual and verbal language of advertising and propaganda with unique imagery and materials of found objects and ephemera. In a previous life, Dave worked in advertising for over 35 years, founding...
Which Songs Are Frequently Featured in Film and Television? A Statistical Analysis Which songs have become staples of film and television?
5th Mar 2025
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5th Mar 2025
Which songs have become staples of film and television?
Yashas Mitta Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for...
30th Nov 2023
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Yashas Mitta

from The Great Discontent (TGD) [alt+shift+b] in creative

30th Nov 2023
Yashas is a creative director and ambitious connector. He was also a self-described outsider for much of his life, and his path from Bangalore, India to New York City has been a winding one driven by sheer stubbornness and a keen instinct for creating community wherever he goes....
8th Apr 2026
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Human Error

from Hall of Impossible Dreams [alt+shift+b] in creative

8th Apr 2026
How Are Hit Songs Rediscovered Decades Later? A Statistical Analysis How does music undergo a cultural revival long after its original release?
4th Sep 2024
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How Are Hit Songs Rediscovered Decades Later? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Sep 2024
How does music undergo a cultural revival long after its original release?
Can you believe it? The standards have changed a lot in the last few millennia: The big man said it. The book said it....
1st Jul 2026
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Can you believe it?

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jul 2026
The standards have changed a lot in the last few millennia: The big man said it. The book said it. The newspaper said it. I saw a photo. I saw it on TV. I read it on the internet. That’s what the AI said. There has always been room for doubt. But the last century […]
Have Movies Stopped Killing Their Main Character? A Statistical Analysis A data-driven investigation of movie hero mortality rates
7th May 2025
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Have Movies Stopped Killing Their Main Character? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th May 2025
A data-driven investigation of movie hero mortality rates
Thinking about jobs Since I was born, the planet has invented 6 billion jobs. Technology is said to threaten the...
1st Dec 2024
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Thinking about jobs

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Dec 2024
Since I was born, the planet has invented 6 billion jobs. Technology is said to threaten the replacement of human labor, yet, somehow we’ve found useful activities for a rapidly growing population. Coordinated without a coordinator, people go to work each day, often doing...
Brad Montague Brad Montague is an illustrator, speaker, picture book author, video creator, and all-around maker....
5th Sep 2024
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Brad Montague

from The Great Discontent (TGD) [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Sep 2024
Brad Montague is an illustrator, speaker, picture book author, video creator, and all-around maker. He’s a self-proclaimed dreamer and doer. Above all, he’s a storyteller, “working to create a better world for kids with kids” through Montague Workshop, the creative studio he runs...
Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here? A treatise on restaurant design.
5th May 2026
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Where Are We, And What Are We Doing Here?

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th May 2026
A treatise on restaurant design.
Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape...
2nd Feb 2020
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Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Feb 2020
This article provides an overview of the paper "Adversarial Generation of Continuous Implicit Shape Representations", which I co-authored with Matthias Fey. While the paper focuses on the theoretical aspects, I'll provide a higher level explanation and and some visualizations...
Should this be a map or 500 maps? 500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale
11th Jun 2024
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Should this be a map or 500 maps?

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th Jun 2024
500 priests, cartographic n00bism, and the limits of scale
Log is the “Pro” in iPhone 15 Pro And I’ve got some free LUTs for you. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max feature log video recording. This...
10th Oct 2023
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Log is the “Pro” in iPhone 15 Pro

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Oct 2023
And I’ve got some free LUTs for you. The iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max feature log video recording. This is a big deal, but there’s already some confusion about it. Where consumer devices and pro video overlap, that’s where the Prolost Signal gleams brightest in the night sky. So...
Do Actors Get Better With Age? A Statistical Analysis How does an actor's age influence critical acclaim, commercial success, and casting opportunity?
3rd Sep 2025
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Do Actors Get Better With Age? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Sep 2025
How does an actor's age influence critical acclaim, commercial success, and casting opportunity?
When Do Viewers Get Hooked on a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis When do TV viewers become committed fans?
3rd Apr 2025
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When Do Viewers Get Hooked on a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Apr 2025
When do TV viewers become committed fans?
The Media Thinks Republicans are Aliens How do you criticize what you can't understand?
3rd Jan 2026
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The Media Thinks Republicans are Aliens

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Jan 2026
How do you criticize what you can't understand?
Internet Book Club: Careless People Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
3rd Apr 2025
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Internet Book Club: Careless People

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Apr 2025
Incuriosity, carelessness, and the current political moment
🟣 TREND RADAR #21 :: HUMAN DRIVERS Brand Patronage, Witchy Scents & Cute-washing
a week ago
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🟣 TREND RADAR #21 :: HUMAN DRIVERS

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

a week ago
Brand Patronage, Witchy Scents & Cute-washing
How Romance, Romantasy, and “Smut” Took Over Publishing and Entertainment: A Statistical Analysis How romance novels are reshaping the book business—and Hollywood.
4th Feb 2026
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4th Feb 2026
How romance novels are reshaping the book business—and Hollywood.
How Henri Matisse Scandalized the Art Establishment with His Daring Use of Color Even those of us not particularly well-versed in art history have heard of a painting style called...
1st Oct 2024
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1st Oct 2024
Even those of us not particularly well-versed in art history have heard of a painting style called fauvism — and probably have never considered what it has to do with fauve, the French word for a wild beast. In fact, the two have everything to do with one another, at least in the...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #213 Starship Orbital, America.gov, Matic Master Plan, Freckle, Heart Age + Extra Doses
2 weeks ago
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #213

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

2 weeks ago
Starship Orbital, America.gov, Matic Master Plan, Freckle, Heart Age + Extra Doses
Agent V – Global Game Jam 2018 Project This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists,...
4th Feb 2018
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Agent V – Global Game Jam 2018 Project

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Feb 2018
This year I participated in my first game jam, the Global Game Jam 2018. With a team of artists, programmers and a sound designer, we made a video game within 48 hours. You play the game as a virus that infiltrates a company’s headquarters. The virus can not move on its own, it...
1981 time machine If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the...
1st Jan 2026
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1981 time machine

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jan 2026
If you went back 45 years, the built world would be eerily similar–the clothes, the cars, even the haircuts. Except you’d quickly notice that there were no personal computers and no smart phones. That for seven or ten hours a day, every day, people were interacting in real life,...
Forecast Forecast is a long-form generative art project released on fxhash on 16th Feb 2023. This article...
15th Feb 2023
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Forecast

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

15th Feb 2023
Forecast is a long-form generative art project released on fxhash on 16th Feb 2023. This article contains info about techniques and some rambling about concepts and emotions.
April '24 Myths & Recs Sexual orientation, Cowboy Carter, mental health recovery, and more
27th Apr 2024
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April '24 Myths & Recs

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

27th Apr 2024
Sexual orientation, Cowboy Carter, mental health recovery, and more
Weekly Scroll: YouTube Communism Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
1st Feb 2026
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Weekly Scroll: YouTube Communism

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Feb 2026
Weird brand deals, viewer redistribution, and some very good items
7th Dec 2022
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Natural Selection

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Dec 2022
Ten Blue Links, "the wrong timeline" edition 1. Data sovereignty as a global issue You are probably already aware of the EU’s (slow) moves...
13th Jul 2025
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Ten Blue Links, "the wrong timeline" edition

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Jul 2025
1. Data sovereignty as a global issue You are probably already aware of the EU’s (slow) moves promoting data sovereignty, and of course China’s efforts to ensure it has independence from western tech. But they aren’t the only parts of the world worried about
Weekly Dose of Optimism #172 Childhood nutrition, Dell Invests America, Amazon Leo, NASA finds life's building blocks, Levin on...
5th Dec 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #172

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Dec 2025
Childhood nutrition, Dell Invests America, Amazon Leo, NASA finds life's building blocks, Levin on Lex Round 2 + The Thinking Game + Dose Fuel + Hearing Aids
What Does and Doesn’t Matter about Apple Shooting their October Event on iPhone 15 Pro Max A still from Apple’s “Behind the scenes: An Apple Event shot on iPhone” video Apple Shot Their...
7th Nov 2023
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7th Nov 2023
A still from Apple’s “Behind the scenes: An Apple Event shot on iPhone” video Apple Shot Their “Scary Fast” October Event Video on iPhones And We Had Feelings You’re somewhere on the spectrum of occasionally shooting video on your iPhone to a professional-ish video maker with...
“Welcome back” What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if...
1st Aug 2026
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“Welcome back”

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Aug 2026
What if they meant it? What if your return felt special to the people behind the counter? What if they knew, without looking it up, or being told–what if they knew that you were here, again, a vote of trust and confidence. Returning home is one of the oldest human desires. It’s a...
Maplands Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th Jan 2022. It sold out...
13th Jan 2022
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Maplands

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Jan 2022
Maplands is a long-form generative art project I released on fxhash on 5th Jan 2022. It sold out 256 pieces in exactly 2 minutes.
Martin Mull (RIP) Satirically Interviews a Young Tom Waits on Fernwood 2 Night (1977) These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under...
1st Jul 2024
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1st Jul 2024
These days, references to seventies television increasingly require prefatory explanation. Who under the age of 60 recalls, for example, the cultural phenomenon that was Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, an absurdist satire so faithful to the soap-opera form it parodied that it aired...
Midweek Scroll: Some very unfortunate AI news Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
3rd Jun 2026
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Midweek Scroll: Some very unfortunate AI news

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Jun 2026
Plus! YouTubers in the box office, BookTok drama, and a very good Odyssey post
Meet the Maker: Pia Bramley I’m an artist, illustrator and printmaker. Having left London after a decade of city life I now live...
4th Oct 2023
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Meet the Maker: Pia Bramley

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Oct 2023
I’m an artist, illustrator and printmaker. Having left London after a decade of city life I now live and work in The New Forest, squeezing in drawing and printing around caring for a three year old. How and where did you learn to print? I did my foundation at KIAD (formerly...
Design about design So big and terrifying.
28th Dec 2025
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Design about design

from Ánh [alt+shift+b] in creative

28th Dec 2025
So big and terrifying.
Apple’s “Let Loose” iPad Event was Shot on iPhone — With Panavision Lenses Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video. Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a...
9th May 2024
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9th May 2024
Still from Apple’s “Let Loose” video. Apple unveiled their new line of iPads yesterday in a pre-recorded video titled “Let Loose.” As with the previous “Scary Fast” MacBook Pro launch video, “Let Loose” ends with a tag proclaiming “Shot on iPhone” — this time adding “Edited on...
When the committee decides They’re almost always conservative. Whether it’s a governmental body, the strategy group at a big...
1st Dec 2023
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When the committee decides

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Dec 2023
They’re almost always conservative. Whether it’s a governmental body, the strategy group at a big company or the membership panel at the local country club, we can learn a lot by seeing what they approve and when they stall. Of course, each of us know a lot about our offering,...
Ten Blue Links – "Platforms, promises and bad habits" edition Hello! And welcome back. I have had an extended break over Christmas and the New Year. The one...
10th Jan 2026
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Ten Blue Links – "Platforms, promises and bad habits" edition

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Jan 2026
Hello! And welcome back. I have had an extended break over Christmas and the New Year. The one benefit of being useless at taking my holiday allowance is that I usually end up taking December off, and so it proved again this year. This one is a bit of an
What to do with firm footing If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with...
1st Feb 2024
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What to do with firm footing

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Feb 2024
If we’ve got tenure, a lifetime appointment or simply a really secure gig, what should we do with it? One option is to race to the bottom, to chase short-term self-focused outcomes and to see how much we can get away with. (Probably, quite a bit). The other is to take this rare...
Nháp Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
20th May 2026
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Nháp

from Ánh [alt+shift+b] in creative

20th May 2026
Notebook, fountain pen friendly, Vietnam.
Still Alive WHERE DID YOU GO? I flatter myself by thinking you are asking this question.  I am writing a book of...
6th Jul 2013
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Still Alive

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Jul 2013
WHERE DID YOU GO? I flatter myself by thinking you are asking this question.  I am writing a book of and about porn. IS IT ANY GOOD? Not sure.  I am trying my best.  It's a lot of work, complicated by relentless self-doubt.  The good news is I am drinking more. ALMOST...
Divorce Licorice Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
3rd Jun 2023
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Divorce Licorice

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Jun 2023
Introducing: the salmiakki blood pressure cuff
No Self-Respecting Woman Would Go Out Without Make Up For some reason, one of the most emailed articles from the NYT was an article about whether women...
14th Jan 2013
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No Self-Respecting Woman Would Go Out Without Make Up

from The Last Psychiatrist [alt+shift+b] in creative

14th Jan 2013
For some reason, one of the most emailed articles from the NYT was an article about whether women should or should not wear make up.  "New York Times? Sounds progressive."  Yes.  Seven people were asked their opinion in a column called "Room For Debate," liars, there was no...
Not your usual subscription confirmation Or why you shouldn't ignore the back catalog
18th Jul 2023
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Not your usual subscription confirmation

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Jul 2023
Or why you shouldn't ignore the back catalog
Generating 3D roof meshes from aerial LIDAR data This is my graduation project I did in computer science. The goal was to come up with a method to...
2nd Jan 2018
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Generating 3D roof meshes from aerial LIDAR data

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Jan 2018
This is my graduation project I did in computer science. The goal was to come up with a method to generate 3D meshes of building roofs from point cloud data. The point cloud data was taken with aerial LIDAR scanners and is available online. In addition, I used building layout...
love letters to places i'll never meet a spooky digital seance
1st Nov 2023
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love letters to places i'll never meet

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Nov 2023
a spooky digital seance
Closing the Loop: Building Shapes with a Planar Graph There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through...
16th Aug 2025
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Closing the Loop: Building Shapes with a Planar Graph

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

16th Aug 2025
There’s some fun computational geometry in my latest artwork, and in this article I’ll walk through how I take a scramble of disconnected paths and turn them into closed shapes, using half-edges and a planar graph. Work in progress output Work in progress output Work in progress...
16th Jan 2025
It's Okay to Be a Mediocre Cook The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
30th Sep 2023
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It's Okay to Be a Mediocre Cook

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

30th Sep 2023
The Mitt Romney salmon is good, actually.
Food Waste is Bad Actually How we frame the problem makes all the difference
7th Dec 2024
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Food Waste is Bad Actually

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Dec 2024
How we frame the problem makes all the difference
The Olympics in the 2020s Versus 1912: See Side-by-Side Comparisons of the Athletes’ Performance... The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on...
1st Aug 2024
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1st Aug 2024
The Olympic Games have their origins in antiquity, but their modern revival has also been going on longer than any of us has been here. Even the fifth Summer Olympics, which took place in Stockholm in 1912, has passed out of living memory. But thanks to the technology of the...
Raspberry Pi Wetterstation Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich...
23rd Sep 2013
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Raspberry Pi Wetterstation

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

23rd Sep 2013
Um die Daten, die meine Arduino-Wetterstation liefert, verfügbarer zu machen, habe ich mich entschieden, das Projekt jetzt mit einem Raspberry Pi weiterzuführen. Die Sensordaten werden wieder vom ILC-Board geliefert, das ich für den Schülerwettbewerb Intel Leibniz Challenge...
6th Nov 2024
Weekly Dose of Optimism #125 Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
20th Dec 2024
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #125

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

20th Dec 2024
Commonwealth Fusion, Off-grid Solar Microgrids, HORNET, Astranis , Technology Brothers
Weekly Dose of Optimism #191 Cancer Sniffing Dogs, Zuck's Virtual Cell + Space Lasers, Rainmeasurer, De-extincting the Bluebuck,...
1st May 2026
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #191

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st May 2026
Cancer Sniffing Dogs, Zuck's Virtual Cell + Space Lasers, Rainmeasurer, De-extincting the Bluebuck, Millennial Dads + Science Breakthroughs + Extra Doses
MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION It's not just the algorithm, it's us
18th Apr 2025
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MOOD BOARD MYOPIA & CREATIVE STAGNATION

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Apr 2025
It's not just the algorithm, it's us
Meet the Maker Round-Up 2024! It has been another incredible year of printmaking inspiration. We've put together a round-up of all...
12th Dec 2024
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Meet the Maker Round-Up 2024!

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

12th Dec 2024
It has been another incredible year of printmaking inspiration. We've put together a round-up of all our fantastic Meet the Maker artists from 2024, alongside their advice or inspiration for other printmakers. Read through for a wholesome dose of printmaking magic, and click...
Woz × Wooz When I was kid, on a road trip with my family, we stopped in Vacaville, California. And there,...
15th Jan 2026
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Woz × Wooz

from cabel.com [alt+shift+b] in creative

15th Jan 2026
When I was kid, on a road trip with my family, we stopped in Vacaville, California. And there, drawing us off the freeway with a wooden glow, was a brand new roadside attraction: Wooz. The pitch? It was a maze. A big maze. Wooz stood for “Wild Original Object with Zoom” (!),...
Weekly Dose of Optimism #160 Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
5th Sep 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #160

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Sep 2025
Epigenetic atlas, Stroke Pills, Tempo, 1 GB Kuiper, Polymarket in the USA, Saquon
🟠 TREND RADAR #18 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS Youth Rebellion, The Realness Premium & Recentering Taste
4th Jun 2026
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🟠 TREND RADAR #18 :: SOCIAL DRIVERS

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Jun 2026
Youth Rebellion, The Realness Premium & Recentering Taste
The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vintage Film A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women...
2nd Sep 2024
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The World’s First Mobile Phone Shown in 1922 Vintage Film

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Sep 2024
A number of years ago, British Pathé uncovered some striking footage from 1922 showing two women experimenting with the first mobile phone. A spokesman for the archive said: ”It’s amazing that 90 years ago mobile phone technology and music … was not only being thought of but...
Early Computer Art in the 50’s & 60’s A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light...
11th May 2023
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Early Computer Art in the 50’s & 60’s

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

11th May 2023
A deep dive on the early days of creative computing coming to life. Punch cards, plotters, light pens and lots more.
Market insulation It’s possible that your day will be more enjoyable if you are insulated from the market. If you have...
1st Jun 2024
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Market insulation

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jun 2024
It’s possible that your day will be more enjoyable if you are insulated from the market. If you have a boss who has a boss… If you don’t have to review the sales numbers for the products you created or edited… If you have raised a ton of venture investment… If you are embracing...
Hear Flannery O’Connor Read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1959) Flannery O’Connor was a Southern writer who, as Joyce Carol Oates once said, had less in common with...
24th Apr 2024
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Hear Flannery O’Connor Read “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (1959)

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

24th Apr 2024
Flannery O’Connor was a Southern writer who, as Joyce Carol Oates once said, had less in common with Faulkner than with Kafka and Kierkegaard. Isolated by poor health and consumed by her fervent Catholic faith, O’Connor created works of moral fiction that, according to Oates,...
Staining a Block with Sumi Ink When carving traditional lino it can be difficult to see your lines. Staining the block first can...
6th Nov 2025
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Staining a Block with Sumi Ink

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Nov 2025
When carving traditional lino it can be difficult to see your lines. Staining the block first can enable you to have more visibility, and therefore a more accurate design. Sumi Ink is a great option for block staining, and it's simple and quick. Brush some Sumi ink onto your...
19th Mar 2024
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Peace, Love, & Ass

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

19th Mar 2024
Using Pearl Ex Metallic Pigments to Enhance Screen Prints Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics,...
5th Jun 2024
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Using Pearl Ex Metallic Pigments to Enhance Screen Prints

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Jun 2024
Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments are metallic pigments that can be mixed into printing inks, acrylics, oils, encaustics and loads more. As printmakers we were keen to see how they could be used in various printmaking applications. We've tested them for relief printing and had some...
The making of A Scanner Darkly How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using spotlights in the...
2nd Aug 2021
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The making of A Scanner Darkly

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Aug 2021
How and why I made A Scanner Darkly, an art piece that reads off text using spotlights in the shape of security cameras.
All Soda Yearns to Be Red A selective history of the “suicide”
28th Jul 2026
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All Soda Yearns to Be Red

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

28th Jul 2026
A selective history of the “suicide”
3rd Mar 2023
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Memento Mori

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Mar 2023
Meet the Maker: Rachael Haggerty Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly...
3rd May 2023
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Meet the Maker: Rachael Haggerty

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd May 2023
Hello, I’m Rachael and I am a printmaker based in Bath, UK. I generally work with linocut and mainly print in monochrome or bright primary colours. My work celebrates family life, nature and the local area. Describe your printmaking process. I normally sketch out a composition...
AI Generations: ChatGPT-3 vs ChatGPT-4 on Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings I asked GPT-3 & GPT-4 to follow instructions to create drawings in p5js and compared the results
16th Mar 2023
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AI Generations: ChatGPT-3 vs ChatGPT-4 on Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawings

from Blog - Amy Goodchild [alt+shift+b] in creative

16th Mar 2023
I asked GPT-3 & GPT-4 to follow instructions to create drawings in p5js and compared the results
How to build a Lego Portal Gun Resources: Parts: list, Rebrickable CSV, Bricklink XML Model: LDR, 3DS Build this MOC on...
30th Apr 2014
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How to build a Lego Portal Gun

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

30th Apr 2014
Resources: Parts: list, Rebrickable CSV, Bricklink XML Model: LDR, 3DS Build this MOC on Rebrickable Instructions: ...
Is anarchy compatible with modern society? Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
8th Mar 2025
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Is anarchy compatible with modern society?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

8th Mar 2025
Problems of scale and shape in imagining the futures
Adjacent meanings Someone is someone’s friend.
20th Feb 2026
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Adjacent meanings

from Ánh [alt+shift+b] in creative

20th Feb 2026
Someone is someone’s friend.
Quadcopter Lightpainting Die Fotos wurden mit einem beleuchteten Quadrocopter, einem Stativ und 15 Sekunden Belichtung...
7th Oct 2013
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Quadcopter Lightpainting

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

7th Oct 2013
Die Fotos wurden mit einem beleuchteten Quadrocopter, einem Stativ und 15 Sekunden Belichtung aufgenommen. Bei diesen Fotos stimmte die Einstellung noch nicht, sodass sie zu dunkel sind: ...
No Man’s Starfield This is a shader I made that renders a flight through a starfield. It’s meant to look like the...
18th Sep 2016
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No Man’s Starfield

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Sep 2016
This is a shader I made that renders a flight through a starfield. It’s meant to look like the galactic map that you can see in No Man’s Sky. Here is a link to the project on shadertoy: No Man’s Starfield The cool thing about this is that it runs inside a shader. A shader is a...
Credulous Where do con men come from? There are three conditions that need to be met: First, there needs to be...
1st Apr 2025
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Credulous

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Apr 2025
Where do con men come from? There are three conditions that need to be met: First, there needs to be rising societal pressure to get ahead, cut the line and find a win. Second, there needs to be people willing to set aside their ethical principles to take advantage of others in...
The craft and the tool Love the song, hate the artist.
20th May 2025
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The craft and the tool

from Ánh [alt+shift+b] in creative

20th May 2025
Love the song, hate the artist.
After you make a strategic error Of course, we make strategic errors all the time. Not enough time. Incomplete information. A...
1st Aug 2025
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After you make a strategic error

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Aug 2025
Of course, we make strategic errors all the time. Not enough time. Incomplete information. A fast-changing system. Sooner or later, a significant strategic error occurs. Don’t beat yourself up. Now what? The real problems occur after the error is made. Don’t follow a strategic...
NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos + A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron...
8th Apr 2025
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NCCCIAP 2025 - Photos +

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

8th Apr 2025
A photo gallery showcasing images taken at the 2025 National Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art and Practices.
Anti-viral with Alicia Kennedy "People just want you to talk about yourself"
2nd Dec 2025
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Anti-viral with Alicia Kennedy

from escape the algorithm [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Dec 2025
"People just want you to talk about yourself"
Queer Folk Don't Need Orientation How decade-old discourse shows us a way out
5th Oct 2024
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Queer Folk Don't Need Orientation

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Oct 2024
How decade-old discourse shows us a way out
TREND RADAR #5 Humanwashing is here
10th Sep 2025
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TREND RADAR #5

from WHAT'S ANU [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Sep 2025
Humanwashing is here
Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key...
1st Nov 2024
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Umberto Eco’s List of the 14 Common Features of Fascism

from Open Culture [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Nov 2024
Creative Commons image by Rob Bogaerts, via the National Archives in Holland One of the key questions facing both journalists and loyal oppositions these days is how do we stay honest as euphemisms and trivializations take over the discourse? Can we use words like “fascism,” for...
Fooled Now it’s a business model. People are regularly fooled by crypto scams, NFT hype, opioid felons,...
1st Apr 2023
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Fooled

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Apr 2023
Now it’s a business model. People are regularly fooled by crypto scams, NFT hype, opioid felons, algorithmic spam at scale, health claims, illogical political arguments, fundraising pitches, overnight shortcuts on the road to riches or happiness and MLM hustle. Your account has...
Making a Carborundum Gel Plate Akua Carbundum Platemaking Gel is a great new product that allows you to make high contrasted,...
a week ago
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Making a Carborundum Gel Plate

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

a week ago
Akua Carbundum Platemaking Gel is a great new product that allows you to make high contrasted, textured intaglio plates. The gel can be screen printed onto a plate and printed with Akua Intaglio Inks. Drypoint Plastic makes a perfect plate with a wipe-clean surface. To make our...
New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my...
14th Nov 2019
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New Photography Shortcuts Using ToolBox Pro

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

14th Nov 2019
My love affair with Apple’s Shortcuts took a bit of a hit during the transition to iOS 13, but my fascination with this on-device development environment has been rekindled thanks to a new app called ToolBox Pro. ToolBox Pro is a free iOS/iPadOS app that adds powerful new actions...
Luke Zahm “Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the...
27th Mar 2024
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Luke Zahm

from The Great Discontent (TGD) [alt+shift+b] in creative

27th Mar 2024
“Everyone eats. There's so much beauty in realizing that humaneness and that oneness.” This is the ethos of Luke Zahm. The James Beard-nominated chef, host of the hit PBS show Wisconsin Foodie, and owner of the widely acclaimed Driftless Café in Viroqua, Wisconsin, believes food...
Meet the Maker: Gemma Berenguer (Monostereo) My name is Gemma Berenguer and I'm from Barcelona. I'm a printmaker specialising in screen printing,...
4th Sep 2024
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Meet the Maker: Gemma Berenguer (Monostereo)

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Sep 2024
My name is Gemma Berenguer and I'm from Barcelona. I'm a printmaker specialising in screen printing, although I also dabble in etching and block printing as well. I run Monostereo, a screen printing company in Barcelona, which has been operating for 15 years now.  I first...
Faster Than Life – Global Game Jam 2019 Project Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam. I joined a team of six programmers,...
2nd Feb 2019
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Faster Than Life – Global Game Jam 2019 Project

from Marian's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Feb 2019
Like in the previous year, I took part in the Global Game Jam. I joined a team of six programmers, unfortunately there was a shortage of artists this year. During the 48 hour jam, we made a space game that is inspired by Faster Than Light. You travel through...
Weekly Scroll: Meta Swallows the Slop Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
6th Jan 2025
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Weekly Scroll: Meta Swallows the Slop

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

6th Jan 2025
Plus: Elon's alter ego and Autistic Stew
Navigating the chaos That is ADHD.
17th Mar 2026
Weekly Dose of Optimism #126 Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg,...
10th Jan 2025
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Weekly Dose of Optimism #126

from Not Boring by Packy McCormick [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th Jan 2025
Sana Biotechnology, Memory Processes, METAGENE-1, McDermitt Caldera, More Speech, Enron Egg, Telepathy Tapes x Jesse Michels
The 77% threshold When the gas car was first introduced, it couldn’t compete with horses. After all, we’d had...
1st Jun 2023
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The 77% threshold

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jun 2023
When the gas car was first introduced, it couldn’t compete with horses. After all, we’d had thousands of years to optimize our systems around horseback, and this new technology was still nascent. Roads were rare, gas stations were scarce and the cars themselves were unreliable....
How Do Music Listening Habits Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis How does music listening change as we grow older?
5th Feb 2025
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How Do Music Listening Habits Change With Age? A Statistical Analysis

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Feb 2025
How does music listening change as we grow older?
Is Robert Pattinson Having the Greatest Movie Year Ever? Plus: A24 gets greedy, South Park’s staying power, Avengers never-Endgame, girl groups return, and...
a week ago
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Is Robert Pattinson Having the Greatest Movie Year Ever?

from Stat Significant [alt+shift+b] in creative

a week ago
Plus: A24 gets greedy, South Park’s staying power, Avengers never-Endgame, girl groups return, and some recommended reads and datasets.
Meet the Maker : Jay Caskie I’m Jay, a full-time printmaker originally from Canada but currently living in Cornwall. I use wood...
2nd Sep 2026
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Meet the Maker : Jay Caskie

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Sep 2026
I’m Jay, a full-time printmaker originally from Canada but currently living in Cornwall. I use wood engraving to create intricate and narrative landscapes that explore themes of home and solitude, and our connection with the natural world and each other. Describe your...
Should I use Caligo Extender or Opaque White? When mixing shades of ink, we have the choice to dilute the colour with either Opaque White ink or...
5th Jul 2023
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Should I use Caligo Extender or Opaque White?

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

5th Jul 2023
When mixing shades of ink, we have the choice to dilute the colour with either Opaque White ink or Extender. Both of these give us different results so which should we choose? We have performed a few experiments to show the difference between mixing with Opaque White and...
Fort Emplacements and FDM: making Castle Doctrine How I made Castle Doctrine, a 1:1 scale fully 3D-Printed American Revolutionary War era cannon.
23rd Jan 2023
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Fort Emplacements and FDM: making Castle Doctrine

from Blog - Mac Pierce [alt+shift+b] in creative

23rd Jan 2023
How I made Castle Doctrine, a 1:1 scale fully 3D-Printed American Revolutionary War era cannon.
A 5‑Hour Journey Through North Korean Entertainment: Propaganda Films, Kids’ Cartoons, Sketch Comedy... Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of...
1st May 2024
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1st May 2024
Over the second half of the twentieth century, South Korea became rich, and in the first decades of the twenty-first, it’s become a global cultural superpower. The same can’t be said for North Korea: after a relatively strong start in the nineteen-fifties and sixties, its economy...
Weekly Scroll: We're Back! An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
1st Jul 2026
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Weekly Scroll: We're Back!

from Infinite Scroll [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Jul 2026
An overstuffed, mega-sized Weekly Scroll returns to action
Invite: Behind-the-scenes webinar for the new book In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting...
1st Mar 2023
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Invite: Behind-the-scenes webinar for the new book

from Seth's Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Mar 2023
In two weeks, I’ll be hosting a live webinar about my new book, answering questions and connecting people to get serious in discussing the new way of work. The details are here. I hope you can make it. It’s possible that I’ve now written more bestselling business titles than any...
Circle of Stone TLDR; a short film I DP’ed is playing tons of festivals, and you can see it stream this Friday! The...
22nd Oct 2020
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Circle of Stone

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

22nd Oct 2020
TLDR; a short film I DP’ed is playing tons of festivals, and you can see it stream this Friday! The Call to Action In early 2017, my buddy Mark Andrews asked if I would be his cinematographer on a short film. Mark and I met at CalArts and have been making films together most of...
The fundamental error that doesn't exist Ben Thompson, Another Viral AI Doomer Article, The Fundamental Error, DoorDash’s AI Advantages: What...
1st Mar 2026
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The fundamental error that doesn't exist

from Ian Betteridge [alt+shift+b] in creative

1st Mar 2026
Ben Thompson, Another Viral AI Doomer Article, The Fundamental Error, DoorDash’s AI Advantages: What is notable about this assertion is the total denial of any positive reason for DoorDash to exist and to be so successful. There is no awareness that DoorDash provided a massive...
You're telling me I won't live forever? Climate collapse, mortality, cosmic isolation - what's left when you leave the faith
18th May 2025
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You're telling me I won't live forever?

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th May 2025
Climate collapse, mortality, cosmic isolation - what's left when you leave the faith
Collagraph Printing Collagraphy is a really versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put...
2nd Aug 2023
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Collagraph Printing

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

2nd Aug 2023
Collagraphy is a really versatile printing process in which a textured plate is inked up and put through a press. Different textures hold varying amounts of ink and print different tones. Anything with a low relief texture can be stuck down and used: wallpaper, leaves, fabrics,...
Are wind turbines ugly? Could they be beautiful? How to make ugly things appear less ugly – or appear like something else entirely.
13th Jun 2023
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Are wind turbines ugly? Could they be beautiful?

from On the Arts [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Jun 2023
How to make ugly things appear less ugly – or appear like something else entirely.
Meet The Maker - Angela Hall My name is Angela Hall, I’m an artist and silkscreen printer based in North Yorkshire, and I have...
3rd Apr 2024
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Meet The Maker - Angela Hall

from Handprinted - Blog [alt+shift+b] in creative

3rd Apr 2024
My name is Angela Hall, I’m an artist and silkscreen printer based in North Yorkshire, and I have been making and selling my limited-edition prints for the last 5 years from my studio, specialised print events and regional galleries.   My creative journey started with a degree in...
Red Giant & Maxon, Sitting in a Tree Red Giant, where I’ve been Chief Creative Officer for a couple of years now, but making filmmaking...
18th Dec 2019
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Red Giant & Maxon, Sitting in a Tree

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

18th Dec 2019
Red Giant, where I’ve been Chief Creative Officer for a couple of years now, but making filmmaking tools for you for 17 years, is merging with Maxon, makers of Cinema 4D. From the Red Giant blog: Hi folks — by now you’ve probably heard the news that Maxon and Red Giant are...
21st Aug 2023
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Escapism Frequency

from Neocha – Culture & Creativity in Asia [alt+shift+b] in creative

21st Aug 2023
13th Apr 2025
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Not today, pink elephants of doom

from Anarchy Unfolds [alt+shift+b] in creative

13th Apr 2025
Blue Bulletin #1
Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor When Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor came up with the idea for Ear Hustle, the podcast they’ve hosted...
10th May 2024
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Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor

from The Great Discontent (TGD) [alt+shift+b] in creative

10th May 2024
When Earlonne Woods and Nigel Poor came up with the idea for Ear Hustle, the podcast they’ve hosted together since 2017, Earlonne was serving a prison sentence of 31 years to life—the result of California’s three-strikes law. The two met at San Quentin State Prison where Nigel, a...
Happy Birthday, Haterade The Terrible Twos. Plus, new merch!
23rd Nov 2022
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Happy Birthday, Haterade

from Haterade [alt+shift+b] in creative

23rd Nov 2022
The Terrible Twos. Plus, new merch!
Apple’s “EDR” Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays Was it worth buying a Pro Display XDR just for this joke? Yes. Apple caused quite a stir with the...
4th Dec 2020
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Apple’s “EDR” Brings High Dynamic Range to Non-HDR Displays

from Prolost [alt+shift+b] in creative

4th Dec 2020
Was it worth buying a Pro Display XDR just for this joke? Yes. Apple caused quite a stir with the announcement of their Pro Display XDR, a High Dynamic Range display that occupies a convoluted space in the market. It seeks to be both a Very Nice Computer Display, and a reference...
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