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Something Old:
(speaking of โoldโ ยป A search engine that returns oldest results first: https://www.oldestsearch.com/)
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Something New:
this is a fascinating concept. Essentially replacing your computerโs trash with a shared network accessible to others. I throw so little away already, Iโm not sure Iโd contribute much, but Iโm too curious what types of things will be shared.
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the above makes me think about the idea of what โpublic spaceโ looks like on the internetโฆ Not as in anyone can see, but as in a place that can be crowded or empty. A place where you can run into people you know or interact with others who are there at the same time.
We actually experience this already with Google Docs. When people share public google docs, and you can see how many anonymous armadillos (or whatever) are also in that doc at the moment.
But I donโt think we appreciate how unique of an experience that is on the internet. (Chat platforms donโt count. that is like a meet up where the intent is communicating with others)
A few other examples that already exist:
Iโve shared this before, but frog chorus is a website where every visitor in that moment is reflected by a frog in the pond. clicking on your frog causes it to croak (to ribbit?), which is seen and heard by everyone else in the pond with you.
Also, in a similar vein (but not identical), this amazing website where anyone can write anything on an infinite canvas.
It doesnโt work on the mass web. but on the tiny internet, it is so nice to encounter others or the evidence they were there.
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~04~
I would like to shift from blurb to self fulfillment โย allowing me to make the packaging more fun, include little surprises and hopefully a reduction in cost as blurb takes a cut.
To mitigate some risk, would you buy a physical version of the scrapbook for $30? It would be a bit shorter (Iโd likely cut the โblank pages at the endโ and a few of the template slides at the end that are less helpful to have in print).
~05~
โA utopia of experimental fuckarounderyโ
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~07~
At a former agency, we used to have a client onboarding workshop called โwhat ifโ โ which I thought at first was just a way to have fun with the clients.
But (โWhat ifโ + constraint) is a super powerful tool for thought.
~08~
This reminded me of how we often approach creative reviews. Except things are even less favorable to the team showing creative work, because at least a film in theaters in a finished piece of work, instead of a raw idea.
WHEN REVIEWING WORK, THINK IN THEMES.
Let the CD worry about plot holes.
~09~
โItโs frustrating feeling like you are always waiting for someone to say yesโ
another flash of empathy for creative teamsโฆ I saw this somewhere this week and realized that there is a whole dept defined by this feeling. (A whole industry I suppose)
~10~
Nice graphic about the work around the work via Dave Stewartโs โThe Work is Never Just The Work.. which we all know in our hearts, but its nice to see it unpacked and proven on paper.
~11~
Strategy is the methodology.
Creative is the method.
~13~ (yes I skipped 12)
Weโve created a world where everything we do is part of a waterfall of tasks.
life is a todo list that only gets longer.
Work on ideas, not tasks.
paraphrased from pathwright article on the nature of a Lab being separate from any sort of planned roadmap.
screenshot:
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~15~
โDirectory of Strange Informationโ
(โ13 things that do not make senseโ is a personal fav)
WEEKLY MOMSTER
While itโs not my favorite, this weekโs monster is being shared for two reasons.
itโs the only thing Iโve really made in the last week.
I find the intentional misuse of digital features fascinating. It would make me happy if you shared other examples. a@alexmorris.co
p.s. happy almost mothers day to all the moms out there.
(hi mom, hi mom to my daughter. love you both.)1
now I donโt have to get you a card!
love that youโre experimenting with the format brother