Inspiration Overload

hashtags have transcended the 140-characters-or-less microblogging platform, and have become a new cultural shorthand, finding their way into chat windows, e-mail and face-to-face conversations.

Interessant artikel over de binnenkomst van de twitter hashtag in populaire cultuur. #whatsnext?

Davies took a Happy Meal sized burger and fries, put it on her living room table, and as Bravo says, decided to "watch what happens." She photographs said meal every day, and 137 days into the project (with no end in site), the results are remarkable in the fact that they're really unremarkable. To our eyes, the burger and fries look exactly on the same on day 1 as on day 137. Hungry yet?

I think we’re shifting toward shallower, less interesting intellectual lives and, more generally, a shallower culture. That doesn’t mean we’re getting dumber or stupider. It means that the emphasis of our thought is shifting away from the more contemplative and solitary modes of thought that I believe give richness and distinctiveness to our thoughts and even our selves.

Fraai gesprek met Nicholas Carr over zijn boek The Shallows, de invloed van het web op ons intellectueel denkvermogen.

Het web zoals het ooit was.... Volgens mij is het Perpetual Beta idee alleen maar uitgevonden om van die ver-schrik-ke-lij-ke animated gifs af te zijn...

Kick.ass.

Gotta hav'em...

1. Address a specific question.

2. Scan the world for "drivers."

3. Map the possibilities.

4. Ask questions about the possibilities.

5. Think things through from the present to the future.

This is a great guide for thinking of the future. You should read the entire article. Click here to do so.