Now that one of the world’s foremost authorities on economic development declares capitalism “superseded by creativity and the ability to innovate,” it’s a good time for designers to find work. Here are some recommendations for getting seen and getting paid.
LA Metro 206 bus at Florence Ave & Normandie Ave Today is the 20th anniversary of the LA “Rodney King” Riots that began, visibly, on television news showing footage from helicopters of rioters attacking cars at the intersection of Florence Ave & Normandie Ave in South Los Angeles (at the time more commonly called South [...]
Skateboard manufacturers, coffee bars, and tattoo parlors are all new media industries–they just don’t know it yet. Here’s how to convince them to hire you.
Hollywood’s resort to draconian tactics like SOPA may have cost them the moral high ground.
Last fall Stanford Professor Sebastian Thrun offered his CS221 course ‘Introduction to Artificial Intelligence’ online, for free. http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/2012/01/23/udacity-and-the-future-of-online-universities/ Thrun told the story of his Introduction to Artificial Intelligence class, which ran from October to December last year. It started as a way of putting his Stanford course online — he was going to teach the whole thing, for free, [...]
by SARAH VAN GELDER, DAVID KORTEN, AND STEVE PIERSANTI Many question whether this movement can really make a difference. The truth is that it is already changing everything. Here’s how. 1. It names the source of the crisis. The problems of the 99% are caused by Wall Street greed, perverse financial incentives, and a corporate [...]
The biting video promo for “Fotoshop by Adobé” (pronounced a-do-BEY) imagines the popular image editor marketed by Revlon et al. The scary thing is how close the video is to reality.
