To Do Cat made my day. Thank you internet.
(via Kyle Van Horn)
Hopscotch | Coding for Kids
Hopscotch is a brand new iPad app that teaches kids coding. It allows them to create an interactive program on the iPad by dragging blocks of code and dropping them into a scripting area. No typing required. Beautifully designed! This makes me so happy! Can’t wait to try this with my daughter tonight!
Painted iPad Sleeves
These Painted iPad Sleeves, by Mrs. Jermyn made me look. Fun idea.
/Purpose
The fine folks of Fictive Kin created slashpurpose.org. They believe that the world would be a better place if the people trying to shape it spoke openly and plainly about their vision for the future.
The Fictive Kin guys think a fine place to do that is on your own /purpose page, to share the “why” behind your “what”. Like this! yourlovelysite.com/purpose.
Sharing your purpose means being explicit about the place you ultimately want to take people and about the metrics you use for measuring success.
I am determined to create a /purpose for CreativeMornings and Tattly. We already have one for TeuxDeux. Thanks for the inspiration, Fictive Kin.
What’s your /purpose?
GIF Reactions
Ever wished you could easily find an animated GIF for a specific reaction? YES! This is quite wonderful. Claps.
(via brainpicker)
Times Haiku
The New York Times built a Haiku Bot. I kid you not. I can’t stop smiling. Times Haiku are generated from stories on the homepage of NYTimes.com. Simply wonderful.
Read more about this over on Niemanlab.org.
Distance to Mars
Distance to Mars illustrates quite beautifully, well, you guessed it, the earth’s distance to Mars.
Floating Vase
I can’t read Japanese, but I know, just from looking at these photos that this Floating Vase is brilliant.
(Thank you Ana)
Ampersand Piñata
How ridiculously wonderful is this Ampersand Piñata?
Marina Abramovic and Ulay
I was moved to tears last night while watching this moment between the artist Marina Abramovic and her former love Ulay. Apparently they started an intense love story in the 70s and when they felt the relationship had run its course, they decided to walk the Great Wall of China, each from one end, meeting for one last big hug in the middle and never seeing each other again.
During her 2010 MoMA retrospective Ulay arrived without her knowing and this is what happened. Really moving.
(via Zen Garage)
Hotello
Hotello is a portable space, containing all the necessary elements for a minimal room: a desk, a lamp, a stool, a shelf, a locker. Hotello consists of a metal structure that supports double curtains (translucent and sound absorbant) as well as all the furniture needed to work and rest. Designed by Roberto De Luca and Antonio Scarponi.
Oddly charming.
“Free Desk Here”
I just learned about a wonderful initiative called ‘Free Desk Here’. The rules are simple: Agencies around the world offer a free desk in their studio to a new talent. The agency gets to decide who they offer the space to and the duration of their stay. The idea is being supported by the well known graphic artist, Anthony Burrill who designed the limited edition screen-print to accompany the initiative. The first 50 studios to list a free desk will receive an Anthony Burrill signed, ‘Free Desk Here’ print.
Lovely idea.
Wooden LEGO Blocks
I cant’ understand a thing on this site but I am excited about the idea of wooden LEGO blocks.
(via the awesomer)
Hypnotic Animated Gifs
I found a quite mesmerizing collection of Hypnotic Animated Gifs.
The Great Discontent: Olimpia Zagnoli
The folks over at The Great Discontent interviewed the lovely Olimpia Zagnoli.
Swiss Poster Collection
Schweizer Plakate is a growing online gallery of Swiss Posters. Sort by type, stile or color. Wonderful!
(Thank you Martin)
The Maker Map
The Maker Map is an open source project aiming to create a global database of maker resources – from workspaces to incubators – powered by the maker community and easily searchable on any device. Come on, let’s add resources everyone!
To Be Blind Forever
“I study you so much to discover the possible flaws, the weak points, the danger zones. I don’t find them—not any. That means I am in love, blind, blind. To be blind forever”
- Henry Miller
From a stunning love letter by Henry Miller written in 1932 to Anaïs Nin.
On Body Language
Body language affects how others see us, but it may also change how we see ourselves. In this TED Talk social psychologist Amy Cuddy shows how “power posing” can affect testosterone and cortisol levels in the brain, and might even have an impact on our chances for success. Amy Cuddy’s research on body language reveals that we can change other people’s perceptions — and even our own body chemistry — simply by changing body positions.
Watch it until the very end. It’s powerful.
(Thank you Bernadette)
