Ideas don’t just come in the shower….

There is some interesting thinking here, I agree with most of this article. I get ideas in the strangest places, in the shower, car, walking down the street, spacing out in my coffee, during my second beer, trying a new scotch, climbing a mountain…. you’ll notice that the places I can think of first don’t include being connected or ‘at work’ in the common way we think of it. But I do ‘live my work’. That is my nature, and I think I am not alone.

What Happened to Downtime? The Extinction of Deep Thinking & Sacred Space :: Articles :: The 99 Percent.

Motorola asks ITC, two federal courts to throw book at Apple

Motorola asks ITC, two federal courts to throw book at Apple.

Litigation has never looked so good….. Anyway, I find the most interesting thing in this viz to be Nokia’s involvement…. Where else are they these days anyway?

video as art

I came across this post on Motionographer through the After Effects listserve. I really love the editing. This video really nails it.

Seb. from Shueti rocks this beautifully shot and edited piece for the IRC Dance Movement | Motionographer | Motion graphics, design, animation, filmmaking and visual effects.

Astronaut’s Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com

Taken from space!

There is some very cool time lapse imagery here…. It really can get you thinking about the ‘big’ picture….

Astronaut’s Eye View: Time-Lapse Videos of Earth | Wired Science | Wired.com.

Profitable sweet spot for startups

Profitable sweet spot for startups.

the bp oil spill – chart by kbiehle at The Ivory Sofa

People are looking at the chart BP used in their press conference about how much progress they are making on cleaning up. Showing cumulative amounts in the chart can look very misleading as we can see in the linked posts.

The original Stephen Few Post

Hot! Thermal Video of Hawaiian Volcano is Amazing

Wired Science post that show a very cool 4x speed video…..

The video is here

xkcd

This is an interesting and entertaining color survey….. At least it seems people cried out for help during a perhaps too long survey, I find this interesting for that study in itself but the color names people come up with are great.

xkcd.

Video: Ride Along With Ferrari’s New King of the ‘Ring | Autopia | Wired.com

This is a pretty cool car and video. The track is famous, and this car makes the lap in under 7 minutes, about 30 seconds faster than the previous best. I personally like older Ferrari’s but the full lap video on this page is something else.

Video: Ride Along With Ferrari’s New King of the ‘Ring | Autopia | Wired.com.

Video game invaders!

This is a really great homage to the the first generation video games I grew up with. Modern tools and techniques taken all the way to great effect, but not too overdone. Nice.

PIXELS by PATRICK JEAN. Video.