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From the maker of Wisdom, comes Music.
Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music. And I will never have enough time to know what I want to know and to be able to contribute what I possibly could. So, I keep working at it. -John Williams
Not many anticipating ones out there, but if I were to pick a few from the current lot, it would be:
Ingenious thinking at work. Who knew a right turn would be the right way? Atleast on American roads I suppose.
As a creative collective the term “inspiration” has driven us to become lethargic to the realities, foundations, and intentions of our chosen craft. …
The reality is that it’s easier to be inspired than it is to create an original idea and we are hardwired to take the path of least resistance.
Applicable to any of todays fields.
When you understand something, that’s the highest high you can have.
Sal Khan founder of the Khan Academy,
…has a vision of teaching the entire world, for free. His not-for-profit Khan Academy has the mission of “providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere.”
Highly inspiring cause and effort, implemented.
According to wikipedia:
thesixtyone (t61) is a streaming media website that uses collaborative filtering to organize, promote, and sell music uploaded by artists, many of whom are independent musicians. The site was founded by James Miao and Samuel Hsiung and received early investment from Paul Graham. It was released in alpha form January 2008 and received additional funding from Creative Commons CEO Joi Ito and Reid Hoffman, founder of LinkedIn.
Their wiki has some more info on how they play their music. It’s a nice place for nice Indie music. It appears to be a broader playing field than the current muxtape, to find new music and to get to know the artists. You just have to keep looking. (Via Shikha)
This game gave pixel art new levels of fun. This, accompanied with its nostalgia-sweeping music, had me smiling for 7 minutes today.
(via Prateek)
The Big Web Show features special guests and topics like web publishing, art direction, content strategy, typography, web technology, and more. It’s everything web that matters.
If you like love The Pipeline hosted by Dan Benjamin, The Big Web Show co-hosted by Jeffery Zeldman might just fulfil the itch to get more. This, coming from someone who’s mostly a consumer of the web. So anyone working or interested in the intricacies of the web is surely going to appreciate it largely. And if you can catch a live show before the editing, it can only add to the fun.
It’s difficult to do this documentary justice in a couple of lines.
I can only strongly recommend this to all music lovers, and especially for Indian music enthusiasts. But it’s not restricted to only them. It’s a first of its kind, made on Indian soil, and more reason to patronise such works of art and music. It offers a real perspective on the difficulties of a budding band in India, since the 1990s. The members share their philosophy and ethics in forming their band and in the music they choose to play, building upon their innate passion for music and for making a difference through it for the community. Exceptionally moving. It’ll never be the same again.
[If you like to patronise such independent movies/documentaries, Dingora could only be of help. It surely is my kind of movie community, and enjoyed the straightforward and simple experience it offered. But mild warning, it requires using Microsofts Silverlight player to view movies.]
This post is about spotting the difference between the original Alaipayuthey vs. Saathiya, using the song ‘Mangalyam’ as the case study. Thanks to Rakesh for showcasing both the clips.
Now after you watch both clips, notice the cinematography, direction, editing and acting:
It must be difficult reworking a masterpiece. Both deserve their respective credits. But if you choose to have a better viewing moving experience, do give Alaipayuthey a chance and do it the justice it deserves.
Life in Perpetual Beta is a documentary film about the ways in which technology has/is/will change the ways in which we think about ourselves as individuals and a society. It is exploring the cultural shift that technology creates as it enables people to live less planned and more passionate lives.
I found this topic quite intriguing. The concept of living in the moment and making changes as you discover a passion for something; and breaking the norm of a planned and goal oriented culture. I’d say that’s interesting. Curious to know how these different personalities would approach such a notion. Now to hope that spring arrives soon.
A minimal, anti-social theme for Google Reader
Having incorporated this stylesheet, it could easily be replacing my primary feed reader app.
This is not just another one of those classroom-teacher-changing-student dramas that we’re used to from Hollywood. This one involves the similar student, parent, faculty, system involvement, but without all the faff. It holds true ground as an European movie. The direction is impeccable. The details are maintained throughout, keeping the emotions and reactions as real as possible for a movie. There are times when the frustrations between a teacher and the students will make you want to take a break away from it for a while, but that’s exactly what the movie aims to get at, and it does that to perfection.
You either like these kind of movies or you don’t. If you’re one of those who thinks they might like it, you have my recommendation.
Iglooo was inspired by Mr. Jaswant Singh’s controversial new book - rather an attempt to buy it online at the best possible price. Having spent a reasonable amount of time store hopping and comparing pries, we figured there should be a better way.
A much needed idea, implemented with a nice minimalist interface.
Isn’t this awesome. Hope they keep adding on to it.
Fighting corruption with 0-money. That’s a nice new concept.
Another brilliant ten-part series narrated by David Attenborough. It’s about the different creatures of this world like you’ve never seen them before and how they survive quite intelligently in their habitats. If you are not stuck by amazement watching this series, you must be an alien to human kind. Another reason as to why it’s been a pleasure to watch is that it has all been shot in HD with an ‘on location’ ten minute segment towards the end where they show how they actually got the shots in certain locations. Well if you’ve seen Planet Earth and loved it, you can be assured to get the same sentiments from Life, if not more. It’s awe-striking. It’s hilarious. It’s most fascinating.
If you happen to be reading this from the UK, catch it on BBC One showing every monday or on the iPlayer. (BBC website)
This was one of those wonderfully made European movies that cannot be replicated in the details by any of the “-woods”. Life is full of coincidences that adds the unexpected element in our ordinary lives. This Danish movie has an ordinary plot of estranged lovers, where their paths diverged only to meet in unusual circumstances to reveal some expected news. But it stands out for the plot is so powerfully expressed by performances that move you. The details in the making of the movie, so as not to overwhelm you excessively and setting the pace perfectly is to be commended and for keeping the emotions close to real life.
My one line review: A wonderful gripping drama for the emotional soul. (Via Rungta)
Have waited a long time to watch this. Now that it has become available, I can only recommend it. Although the after taste felt something like this:
It strives to cover just about every possible facet of industrial design, but with a 75 minute running time, there are a lot of ideas that don’t quite get all the attention that they deserve. Which is not to say this isn’t a fascinating documentary, only that it flies by so fast that it’s hard to grasp and fully digest all of the questions being asked.
Which consequently asks for a re-watch soon and worth the watch ‘cause…
Objectified is a movie that will open your mind to the hidden world of design that influences virtually every aspect of our lives. Gary Hustwit has once again taken a mundane concept and made something both compelling and artistic out of it.