I love the work that results when people are forced to work within constraints. In particular, I enjoy the color and resoution constraints inherent in screen printing, the bandwidth and technology constraints on the web (remember the5k?). No, constraints are not always good, and great work does often come from those who break out, but undeniably, the pressure of restriction often yields new, and surprising results.
In that vein, I recommend the contest underway at Basefield called "Two Worlds Collide". Whether you think it's a result of the rules or in spite of the rules, the submissions are interesting, and vary wildly from one another.
Your stories of delivery under the thumb of constraint are welcome.
For those of you who are interested in UKAZU the experiment, the tool, the brand, the tribe, and the future, check out meta.ukazu.com. It's a separate, but related conversation about UKAZU itself. You are invited to participate by adding posts and comments.
Somebody put a Business Week key tapper hot on the trail of a shift that's happening in America's schools. Dudes are on the way to being outnumbered in a big way. The article offers a carefully broad and occasionally sensational explanation of the shift and its probable causes.
The article touches upon the gender gaps of days past, the biases of the educational system, the corrective actions that have been taken, a bit of basic educational theory, and the problems as a result of this whole mess.
There are totally rad gunfights, explosions, and computer gadgetry-hackery-wizardry in the Matrix movies, but apparently there's some philosopherimical stuff also. If you wanna take the red pill, read on.
- The NYTimes has a straightforward walkthrough of some of the deep thinker issues in both movies.
- Once you've e-mailed that off to grandma to think over, go check out the Corporate Mofo version. It's got more personality and it goes into greater detail about the second movie.
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