Evening commute 2
—Dorn
Open Culture digs up the postcards Picasso illustrated and sent to Jean Cocteau, Apollinaire, and Gertrude Stein – the best thing since Edward Gorey’s illustrated envelopes.
David Foster Wallace on Leadership
Handmade felt-on-felt typography by Debbie Millman. Available as a print at the link, with 100% of proceeds benefiting the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
“For me, inspiration comes from a bunch of places: desperation, deadlines… A lot of times ideas will turn up when you’re doing something else. And, most of all, ideas come from confluence — they come from two things flowing together. They come, essentially, from daydreaming.”
The truth about ideas.
“1. Define the problem and solution space.
2. Break the problem down.
3. Make the problem personal.
4. Seek the perspectives of outsiders.
5. Diverge before you converge.
6. Create “idea resumes.”
7. Create a plan to learn.
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MIT researchers identify a 7-step technique for putting ideas to action, an upgrade to the now frequently challenged concept of brainstorming. Complement with this timeless 5-step technique for producing ideas from 1939. (via explore-blog)
NUMBER 5. NUMBER 5. NUMBER 5.
South of Tarnation office hours
—Dorn
Hello, pretty bby.
Thomas Edison, born on this day in 1847, napping after a long experiment. Power-napping was one of Edison’s secrets to success.
BAAHAHAHAAA! Ahem. Sorry.
Alright, Monday. Let’s do this thing.
—Dorn
“More is less.”
Perfect.
On the Hudson, from one boat to another
—Dorn
Front of abandoned movie theater, Somewhere SC
—Dorn
“Troll less. Make more.”
This article is naked truth. The closer it hits to home, the less you will like it.
https://medium.com/design-ux/111767ddd8a8
Sweet Mona D. leaving messages in the park.