A short documentary about the craft of storytelling, featured on The Atlantic, May 2012 (theatlantic.com/video/archive/2012/05/ken-burns-on-story/257165/)
Produced by Redglass Pictures.
Beautiful work from Eleanor Lutz
Amazing work from Eleanor Lutz, a designer in Seattle.
Posters of her works are available for purchase at TabletopWhale.com
Flight videos deconstructed
Wages For Facebook
In 2012 Facebook reached more than 1 billion users and generated a revenue of 5.1 billion dollars. It is the first social-media website to be traded on the stock exchange wherein all content on its site is created by its users. Is what we do on Facebook work? How would we calculate our value? What could an alternate form of social media, based on an idea of the commons or a feminist praxis, look like?
Vivian Maier
How the world worked before social media
Via Edudemic, originally found on Urban Librarian.
Time Warped: Unlocking the Mysteries of Time Perception-by Claudia Hammond
Amazon introduction: Drawing on the latest research from the fields of psychology, neuroscience, and biology, writer and broadcaster Claudia Hammond explores the mysteries of our perception of time in her book Time Warped.
Why does life seem to speed up as we get older? Why does the clock in your head move at a different speed from the one on the wall? Why is it almost impossible to go a whole day without checking your watch? Is it possible to retrain our brains and improve our relationship with it?
Famous Creators on the Fear of Failure
Featuring short videos by Paulo Coelho, Stefan Sagmeister, Rei Inamoto, & Milton Glaser.
Presenting like the artist
Another fantastic presentation by Emiland De Cubber
Dear NSA, let me take care of your slides
A incredible “make-over” and also a hoot!