CreativeMornings with Seth Godin

THE Seth Godin was our speaker at last week’s CreativeMornings/NewYork, generously hosted by The New School.

In his talk, Seth challenges our perception of work. He talks about how people who take responsibility are often given responsibility and how these days, we all carry media companies in our pockets. Trust me, watching this talk is 20 minutes well spent. You can also watch the Q&A following his talk here.

Having Seth as a speaker was nothing short of a true honor. I am so grateful. You too? Let’s tell him.

A big thank you to Ben Hallman for filming and editing.

The Bike Maker

Made by Hand’s fifth film turns to bike maker Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles), who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. When the cancer threatens to shatter his love of bikes, Ezra survives by documenting his illness as thoroughly as his craft.

Constellation Quilt

Our studio neighbor and friend Emily Fisher launched a Kickstarter campaign for her truly stunning Constellation Quilts. One of the best Kickstarter videos I have seen in a while. Emily is wonderful and deserves our support.

Doc 2 Doc | SOS

The above video is a production by Public Record, directed by Cassidy Gearhart and Julian King. More about Doc 2 Doc.

Send Money with Gmail

Google Wallet is now integrated into Gmail. This means you can securely send money to friends and family in the U.S without leaving your Gmail inbox. Smart.

Bucket

Bucket turns your mason jar into an indestructible and beautiful looking french press. It is the brainchild of Bryan Kappa and Rob Story. Let’s help them fund their project!

Colorful Masking Tape Installation

This colorful mt-masking tape installation by Koji Iyama looks absolutely delightful.

Humans of New York

Brandon takes photos of strangers in New York and then posts the images on Humans of New York. Simply wonderful.

Learn How To Code

This video by code.org is talking about the “superpower” that isn’t being taught in in 90% of US schools.

The Boat for Singing Together

A boat with the sole purpose to gather people so they can sing together. Poetic.

(thank you Njeri)

Good Mornings

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Now here’s a site that made me smile: Goodmornings.org is trying to brighten your day by featuring people saying, well, Good Morning! Having watched the story of the video below will indeed make me say Good Morning more again in real life.

The simple things in life. Submit your video and brighten the world!

The Secret of Success in Creative Work

Ira Glass on the Secret of Success in Creative Work.

Brooklyn Derby

Did you get your ticket to this year’s Brooklyn Derby yet?

POTHRA | Coffee Grounds Gone Decorative Pots

NOOKA founder Matthew Waldman created a new product, called POTHRA a flower pot made out of used coffee grounds. Love the idea.

Check out the POTHRA Kickstarter!

Shopify Build-A-Business Competition Winners

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Shopify just announced the five winners of this year’s Build-A-Business competition!

During the 8 months of this year’s Shopify competition, over 10,000 entrepreneurs created Shopify online stores that sold more than $55 million in products. The five businesses that sold the most over any two months of the competition each win a $50,000 US investment.

But not only that, the fine folks over at Shopify are also sending each of the winners on a trip to New York City to meet with the industry experts who served as mentors to the participants throughout the competition (Tim Ferriss, Daymond John, Eric Ries and moi).

I can’t wait to meet and hug Debbie Sterling, the winner of my category, Art & Design! Debbie is a female engineer from Stanford University and created GoldieBlox, a construction toy that encourages young girls to get into engineering, develop spatial skills and hone problem-solving abilities. What’s not to like?

GoldieBlox

The other four category winners are: Freshtops, Game Klip, SinnyMe Tea and Canadian Icons.

Congratulations to all the winners! And congrats to team Shopify for making this comeptition happen! I am honored to have gone from winner to mentor! Yay, for e-commerce! Yay internet!

Read about the competition over on the Shopify blog.

(A year ago, the phone rang at Tattly HQs and Shopify’s CPO, Harley Finkelstein, told us that we won the Shopify competition in our category! Oh, the memories!)

Like Knows Like: Lisa Congdon

What a lovely short feature on the very talented Lisa Congdon.

Wringing A Wet Towel In Space

I guess, dropping the mic is not really an option in space, huh?

(via Business Insider)

The Last Bookshop

The Last Bookshop short film by Richard Dadd and Dan Fryer imagines a world in which only one bookstore survives.

(via explore)

Flow, The Secret To Happiness

In this TED talk Mihaly Czikszentmihalyi asks, “What makes a life worth living?” Noting that money cannot make us happy, he looks to those who find pleasure and lasting satisfaction in activities that bring about a state of “flow.”

(Thanks Rob)

Explosion of Creativity

“The internet has resulted in the biggest explosion of creativity in history.”
— Andy Baio

Watch Andy’s CreativeMornings talk.

Living and Longevity

Well, that just put my day into perspective. Thanks, Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Pleasure, Flow + Meaning

The inspiring Ping Fu gave a fantastic CreativeMornings talk in January. This is a short we just released where she talks about her personal recipe for happiness: Pleasure, Flow + Meaning.

(A big thank you to Ben for taping our talks!)

Time-Lapse Earth

Time-Lapse | Earth from Bruce W. Berry Jr on Vimeo.

These time-lapse sequences were taken by the astronaunts onboard the International Space Station (ISS). Absolutely stunning.

(via Cesar)

One Second Every Day

For the past two years Cesar Kuriyama has been recording 1 Second Every Day so he’ll never forget a day ever again. Cesar says that The One Second Project has had such profoundly positive impact on his life, that he decided to develop an App that will make it easy for anyone to create these day-memories.

Watch his TED Talk on the project.