opinionated observations http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog ruthlessly observing the ad industry and design theorists. Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:42:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc en hourly 1 ruthlessly observing the ad industry and design theorists. opinionated observations no ruthlessly observing the ad industry and design theorists. opinionated observations http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog Welcome the Bloom Box… is this the future? http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/03/01/welcome-the-bloom-box-is-this-the-future/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/03/01/welcome-the-bloom-box-is-this-the-future/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 04:41:26 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=358
This is an interesting idea to solve the energy crisis.

  • Inside Microsoft’s ‘Future Home’
    MicroSoft's Future Home paradigm seems forced and a bit rough, but the ideas are interesting, and interfaces are unusual.
  • William McDonough: Designing Cradle to Cradle
    Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time." [video]http://www.youtube.com/v/IoRjz8iTVoo&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1[/video] In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design. The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences. "To use something as elegant as a tree. Imagine this design assignment: design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and food, creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates, then say why don't we knock that down and write on it."- William McDonough - TEDtalks 2007 Today,
  • Charlie Chaplin Quote from 1940
    The Great Dictator (1940) [audio:http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/uploads/2008/06/i-dont-want-to-be-an-emporor.mp3|autostart=no] I heard this on some other video, and realized it was old, and that it was by someone i heard before. I looked online, found the quote, and it was Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator (1940), and the content was very much an awesome call to unite against the forces that have co-opted our government and/or society. It is so fitting for today's "lay of the land." I wanted to provide it in a couple of places... think it resonates for me. I'm sorry but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business - I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible: Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We

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    Categories: Application, Bloom, Box, Crisis, Energy, Innovation, Innovation, Introduction, Invention, News
    ]]>     http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/03/01/welcome-the-bloom-box-is-this-the-future/feed/ 0     Inside Microsoft’s ‘Future Home’ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:49:55 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=355 MicroSoft’s Future Home paradigm seems forced and a bit rough, but the ideas are interesting, and interfaces are unusual.

  • Welcome the Bloom Box… is this the future?
    This is an interesting idea to solve the energy crisis.
  • William McDonough: Designing Cradle to Cradle
    Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time." [video]http://www.youtube.com/v/IoRjz8iTVoo&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1[/video] In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design. The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences. "To use something as elegant as a tree. Imagine this design assignment: design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and food, creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates, then say why don't we knock that down and write on it."- William McDonough - TEDtalks 2007 Today,
  • Charlie Chaplin Quote from 1940
    The Great Dictator (1940) [audio:http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/uploads/2008/06/i-dont-want-to-be-an-emporor.mp3|autostart=no] I heard this on some other video, and realized it was old, and that it was by someone i heard before. I looked online, found the quote, and it was Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator (1940), and the content was very much an awesome call to unite against the forces that have co-opted our government and/or society. It is so fitting for today's "lay of the land." I wanted to provide it in a couple of places... think it resonates for me. I'm sorry but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business - I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible: Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We

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    Categories: BBC, Experimental, future home, Innovation, Interface, microsoft, Theory, Thoughts, Video
    ]]>     http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/24/inside-microsofts-future-home/feed/ 0     Google’s ad “Parisian Love” http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/07/parisian-love/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/07/parisian-love/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:19:41 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/07/350/

    Google’s answer to Bing.com – simple and effective.

  • John Maeda: My journey in design, from tofu to RISD
    [video]http://www.youtube.com/v/uNYMw9O2bu4&hl=en&fs=1&border=1&fmt=18[/video] Love seeing this… gives me hope & reminds me how little i know.
  • Here is a thought…
    all form is a function of a need and the aesthetic quality of a piece, while keeping to some pretty basic cognitive rules of perception. ok... here i will have to admit i was a psychology major, who almost went for his PhD in drug research... then well... decided to do what i do with design these days... but i am amazed every day that these "rules" seem to "ring true" to the soul/theme of any particular piece of design. I really wannah get into this more, and you will see where I am going with this when i get back to compiling design snips for a compendium of basic design principles - will say it is like going back to school, just slowly compiling from the most basic concepts, to the more complex... its been extremely educational and
  • Charlie Chaplin Quote from 1940
    The Great Dictator (1940) [audio:http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/uploads/2008/06/i-dont-want-to-be-an-emporor.mp3|autostart=no] I heard this on some other video, and realized it was old, and that it was by someone i heard before. I looked online, found the quote, and it was Charlie Chaplin in the movie The Great Dictator (1940), and the content was very much an awesome call to unite against the forces that have co-opted our government and/or society. It is so fitting for today's "lay of the land." I wanted to provide it in a couple of places... think it resonates for me. I'm sorry but I don't want to be an Emperor - that's not my business - I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone if possible: Jew, gentile, black man, white. We all want to help one another, human beings are like that. We

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    Categories: Ad, Advertising, google, Superbowl
    ]]>     http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2010/02/07/parisian-love/feed/ 0     Talks Eric Giler Demos Wireless Electricity http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/09/20/talks-eric-giler-demos-wireless-electricity/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/09/20/talks-eric-giler-demos-wireless-electricity/#comments Sun, 20 Sep 2009 12:28:07 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=333 Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakthrough version, WiTricity — a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.

  • Fisher’s Turning Towers Revealed!
    Again Dubai is leading world in the new art of building innovation! This has got to be the most wild design i have ever seen... a building that will be constantly in motion. These designs were released on Tuesday and look really wild. All i gottah say is that i will definately need to spend one night there. Its all pretty kewl... Individual floors will be manufactured off-site as pre-fab units; they'll then be strapped, one by one, to a central core that will house the building's engineering systems. Both towers will generate their own electricity with wind turbines fitted beneath each floor. Hard. Core. The Dubai building will host 80 floors' worth of mixed-use space; the top 10 floors will be occupied by luxury "villas" with private pools, parking— and the ability to rotate the entire floor to
  • St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase
    July 19: Filmmaking Seminar/Film Program, Regional Arts Commission, 6128 Delmar Blvd. July 20-23: Film Programs, Tivoli Theatre July 24: Closing-Night Awards Party, Blueberry Hill Click (here) for a list of the official film selections for the 2008 Showcase. Tickets Tickets for film programs at the Tivoli are $10 each; $8 for students with valid and current photo ID and for Cinema St. Louis members with valid membership cards. Advance tickets go on sale beginning Tuesday, July 1, at the Tivoli Theatre box office (5-10 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday). Tickets are on a first-come, first-served basis. No phone sales, but tickets can be purchased online (see below). Online Ticket Sales Tickets may also be purchased in advance at tickets.landmarktheatres.com. There is a $1 per-ticket service charge. You must pick up your tickets at the Tivoli box-office window. Bring the credit card that

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    Categories: Application, Breakthrough, Car, Description, Electricity, Eric Giler, Innovation, Invention, Phone, TED, Video
    ]]>     http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/09/20/talks-eric-giler-demos-wireless-electricity/feed/ 0     Golan Levin makes art that looks back at you http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/07/31/golan-levin-makes-art-that-looks-back-at-you/ http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/2009/07/31/golan-levin-makes-art-that-looks-back-at-you/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:57:26 +0000 Dru http://o2.mindactive.com/bLog/?p=331 Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools — robotics, new software, cognitive research — to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as sounds become shapes, bodies create paintings, and a curious eye looks back at the curious viewer. (Recorded at TED2009, February 2009 in Long Beach, CA. Duration: 15:33)

  • Welcome, weary traveller…
    to the vurtual being within the ether... this site is meant to be the tearing apart of design and addressing design goals of any given "designed" thing. "who are you and what makes you think you know any better?" as part of the free world we live in, we al have a response to design, either negative or positive, creative results can always be improved on and any rational artist / human should wish to constantly improve their work or craft, any as one friend once told me, "there is no such thing as bad criticism, just bad ways of taking it." yet this idea can run the danger of abuse, even that should be listened too. improving a craft is a lifetime process that any designer, worth-a-spit, is open and wishes to encourage an environment that fosters positive creative
  • Here is a thought…
    all form is a function of a need and the aesthetic quality of a piece, while keeping to some pretty basic cognitive rules of perception. ok... here i will have to admit i was a psychology major, who almost went for his PhD in drug research... then well... decided to do what i do with design these days... but i am amazed every day that these "rules" seem to "ring true" to the soul/theme of any particular piece of design. I really wannah get into this more, and you will see where I am going with this when i get back to compiling design snips for a compendium of basic design principles - will say it is like going back to school, just slowly compiling from the most basic concepts, to the more complex... its been extremely educational and
  • Absolute Wildly Awesome Ad
    Check the following ad... wile it does the "what the heck is this ad for" and makes you wait for what the ad is for, it still is pretty impressive the sub-texts... and very beautiful. http://www.youtube.com/v/bjaCpffby8A
  • Ok… Back in the Saddle…
    Been gone for way to long... and well... much a-foot. Just got a FIREBOX for getting studio quality STEREO DIGITAL inputs for my omnidirectional mikes... (gonnah even be able to a psudo-sound-proofed recording space) now i just need to get some spit screens and there are 3 ideas for the creation of new podcasts, and working on refining them to make them both legal and possible... all with ads for MA... and the start of the "MINDACTIVE" part of MA. We need to think of what makes us "MA" in a positive PR standpoint... need to bang the drum for the big guys.
  • The Energy Non-Crisis
    Wow, starting to think the oil companies are starting to try and argue that tapping Alaska is something we should tap, oh... and the speculators are at the root of this mess. Watch this video... makes me wonder.
  • William McDonough: Designing Cradle to Cradle
    Green-minded architect and designer William McDonough asks what our buildings and products would look like if designers took into account "all children, all species, for all time." [video]http://www.youtube.com/v/IoRjz8iTVoo&hl=en&fs=1&hd=1&border=1[/video] In Cradle to Cradle, McDonough and Braungart argue that the conflict between industry and the environment is not an indictment of commerce but an outgrowth of purely opportunistic design. The design of products and manufacturing systems growing out of the Industrial Revolution reflected the spirit of the day-and yielded a host of unintended yet tragic consequences. "To use something as elegant as a tree. Imagine this design assignment: design something that makes oxygen, sequesters carbon, fixes nitrogen, distills water, accrues solar energy as fuel, makes complex sugars and food, creates microclimates, changes colors with the seasons, and self-replicates, then say why don't we knock that down and write on it."- William McDonough - TEDtalks 2007 Today,

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