Why a simple product line is integral to Apple’s success, article.
It's what I've been saying for donkey's years: K.I.S.S.
Saturday, March 28, 2009
From a spam mail
This iss your penis: 8--o
This iss your penis on drugs: 8=====O
Any quuestions?
Behold those elephants, huge as hills, lying on traveling and often mired in a rough muddy highway, lady clonbrony was taken ill the day after her the lights of paris. Above that river, in which the skya sort of gigantic razorfish suspended.
This iss your penis on drugs: 8=====O
Any quuestions?
Behold those elephants, huge as hills, lying on traveling and often mired in a rough muddy highway, lady clonbrony was taken ill the day after her the lights of paris. Above that river, in which the skya sort of gigantic razorfish suspended.
Phase One news
Danish high-end digital camera-back maker Phase One invests in Mamiya.
"Claus Mølgaard, Phases' VP of Engineering is now in charge of all product development for both companies."
Man, can you imagine what that guy's work day is going to be like? Holy fork.
"Claus Mølgaard, Phases' VP of Engineering is now in charge of all product development for both companies."
Man, can you imagine what that guy's work day is going to be like? Holy fork.
Friday, March 27, 2009
Students Take Space Photos
Students Take Space Photos With Simple Latex Balloon and Digi-Cam, article. Thanks to Neutralday.com.
Painting or drawing?
Some professionals and teachers in the arts, especially those teaching for the commercial arena, argue strongly for the distinct segregation of different techniques and genres.
For example Andrew Loomis argues that painting and drawing are very different, and should be kept separate. When you paint, you work with shapes and tone, when you draw, you work with lines, and never the twain shall meet.
I felt odd reading that, because I loooove lines, and I don't see why one can't use lines in paintings.
Then he added that he was talking mostly about naturalistic painting. And that lines don't work well in such paintings, which are about the rendition of surfaces and light, shapes, textures. And yes, I can see that. If you want to make naturalism, it's hard to introduce outline lines, because they don't exist in nature. (In fact when I was a child, I once used some mental effort on figuring out whether there actually were lines around things like there are in comic books.)
But then he does give several examples of strong exceptions, including illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, who, as he says, basically did drawings with paint. (Very strong work, see below.) But then Loomis says: "however, I doubt if a close imitation of his style would sell today". I looked up Leyendecker, doubting I'd find much given that the book I'm reading is fifty years old, and clearly he was already outdated then. But lo, there is tons of his work on the web! Clearly he still or again has a strong presence.
So this tells me that we may speak past each other when we speak about different purposes, as when I am thinking about "interesting art", and Loomis is talking about "saleable art". And it also tells me we should look at time frames always. What's gone out of style in the fifties need not be out of style in the noughties.
And last but not least, one must separate the maxims one teaches students, and the maxims which apply to the experienced artist. Just because a novice will make a mess of it when he mixes two techniques does not mean the experienced artist might not make very strong work doing so.
does not mean the experienced artist might not make very strong work doing so.
Jimbo said:
Isn't the book for the novice? Maybe he figures that down the road the experienced artist will figure that out.
Perhaps he does. But things you learn early on can easily become ingrained, so things like this may have to be pointed out.
For example, somebody pointed out that Ansel Adams' famous Zone System (for controlling tones in photos) was a *teaching tool*, not a production tool, and yet some people have made a religion of it.
For example Andrew Loomis argues that painting and drawing are very different, and should be kept separate. When you paint, you work with shapes and tone, when you draw, you work with lines, and never the twain shall meet.
I felt odd reading that, because I loooove lines, and I don't see why one can't use lines in paintings.
Then he added that he was talking mostly about naturalistic painting. And that lines don't work well in such paintings, which are about the rendition of surfaces and light, shapes, textures. And yes, I can see that. If you want to make naturalism, it's hard to introduce outline lines, because they don't exist in nature. (In fact when I was a child, I once used some mental effort on figuring out whether there actually were lines around things like there are in comic books.)
But then he does give several examples of strong exceptions, including illustrator J.C. Leyendecker, who, as he says, basically did drawings with paint. (Very strong work, see below.) But then Loomis says: "however, I doubt if a close imitation of his style would sell today". I looked up Leyendecker, doubting I'd find much given that the book I'm reading is fifty years old, and clearly he was already outdated then. But lo, there is tons of his work on the web! Clearly he still or again has a strong presence.
So this tells me that we may speak past each other when we speak about different purposes, as when I am thinking about "interesting art", and Loomis is talking about "saleable art". And it also tells me we should look at time frames always. What's gone out of style in the fifties need not be out of style in the noughties.
And last but not least, one must separate the maxims one teaches students, and the maxims which apply to the experienced artist. Just because a novice will make a mess of it when he mixes two techniques does not mean the experienced artist might not make very strong work doing so.
does not mean the experienced artist might not make very strong work doing so.
Jimbo said:
Isn't the book for the novice? Maybe he figures that down the road the experienced artist will figure that out.
Perhaps he does. But things you learn early on can easily become ingrained, so things like this may have to be pointed out.
For example, somebody pointed out that Ansel Adams' famous Zone System (for controlling tones in photos) was a *teaching tool*, not a production tool, and yet some people have made a religion of it.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
New Canon
New Canon, article.
"Canon has announced the newest in its long line of hugely successful Rebel DSLRs, the Rebel T1i (EOS 500D in the rest of the world, except Japan, where it's the Kiss X3 Digital)."
Haha! Why stop there? Why not a name for each country it's sold in? Fifty-nine different names for the same camera would be metal.
I'm sure it's a totally rockin' camera though.
"Canon has announced the newest in its long line of hugely successful Rebel DSLRs, the Rebel T1i (EOS 500D in the rest of the world, except Japan, where it's the Kiss X3 Digital)."
Haha! Why stop there? Why not a name for each country it's sold in? Fifty-nine different names for the same camera would be metal.
I'm sure it's a totally rockin' camera though.
Ten kilometers of track
Effin kool.
(HD version here.) (Click HD button at the bottom of the video.)
I was a bit surprised to discover that Copenhagen is fantasy, but Pippi Longstocking is not!
(HD version here.) (Click HD button at the bottom of the video.)
I was a bit surprised to discover that Copenhagen is fantasy, but Pippi Longstocking is not!
Prodigy painter
I've heard of child geniuses, but this is something else. Hailed as a fine arts painter genius at 22 months old... hmmm. If the family get to be millionaires and it later turns out she didn't really have talent but was just playing around, how embarrassed they'll be!
Nantucket
There once was a man from Nantucket
who mortgaged his house for a bucket
the lesson was clear
he said with a jeer
I couldn't afford a Mcnugget
who mortgaged his house for a bucket
the lesson was clear
he said with a jeer
I couldn't afford a Mcnugget
Digital image quality
A reader and customer wrote to me to comment that he thought one series (see this nude) had a particularly high image quality, and he was sure this was film, not digital.
But the funny thing is not only is it digital, it's from a Nikon D70, which was an entry-level DSLR camera, and the first generation entry-level DSLR to boot, so it's not even new.
Long story short: 6-7 years ago it was debatable if digital had surpassed film quality-wise, but not today, it has.
But the funny thing is not only is it digital, it's from a Nikon D70, which was an entry-level DSLR camera, and the first generation entry-level DSLR to boot, so it's not even new.
Long story short: 6-7 years ago it was debatable if digital had surpassed film quality-wise, but not today, it has.
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