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The Hot 5 - 12/08/11

1. Keep Aaron Cutting - An idea that came from BBH Lab's BBHBarn. It's about connecting young poeple with old people through technology for the great good of the community. A touching story that has raised over £25k in a few days.  

2. The making of The Shining - Stanly Kubrik gave his 17 year old daughter a camera and asked her to document the making of the film. Some great behind the scenes of Jack being Jack. It's the only way Jack can be.  

3. Transmedia holds back storytelling - Interesting article in Wired from Paul Bennun on how the phrase 'Transmedia' is holding back storytelling.

4. Hello Kitty Digital Video Camera for £25 - I might have to buy one of these just to see what you get for £25. Amazing. 

5. Drugs and Lego - A strange yet interesting film from the 70's featuring children discussing drug use whilst building lego structures. 

The Hot 5 - 29/07/11

1. Ricky Gervais on Big Think - Great interview covering Animal Rights, The Death of the Newspaper, The Principles of Comedy and Growing Up Poor.

2. Oatmeal's The State of the Web in 2011 - Oatmeal sum up the state of the web today with a series of witty cartoon poking fun at the continuous demise of former gods.

3. Exquisite Corpse - IDEO's Exquisite Corpse is a delightful experiment in collaborative nonlinear storytelling methods.

4. The Auteur Myth - Great article from Wired on the myth of the auteur looking at how we tend to over simplify the story of the role of Steve Jobs at Apple using Hitchcock as an analogy.

5. Portraits of dogs as they shake off water - Yep. Exactly that.

The Hot 5 - 22/07/11

1. 3D printing in and out of Minecraft - Just give your head a moment to get around that and then check the link.

2. Rise of the Machines: How Rube Goldberg inspired a decade of creative copycats - From Honda through to BERG and Sony, lots of lovely examples of how one idea can create many wonderful versions in all shapes and sizes.

3. The Final Image - Nice collection of images from the the final shots of some rather famous movies. There's a nice game in there somewhere.

4, Teller Speaks - Teller from Penn and Teller give a nice talk on repetition and intention.

5. Embrace Contraint - Seth Godin somewhat echoing a talk I gave on Wednesday about the value of restraint in creativity. Also worth checking this from Johnny Moore which looks at self imposed restraint in experimentation.

5 Things I Liked This Week - 15/07/11

1, Backseat Driver - A Toyota iphone game for young children which mimics the journey of the car you are travelling in using GPS. Much better for those long journeys than I-Spy.

2. The Art of the Factory - Factory workers around the world are asked if one of their workers would produce an 'incorrect' version of the product they make every day. I think we did that with David Hooper's Disgusting Electronica.

3. The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore - Ex Pixar designer designs an immersive children's book for the iPad. Wonderful.

4. A quick history of the BBC and Social Media -  Jem Stone summarises the story of BBC and Social media from Family Favourites, Swap Shop and the Radio 1 Club right up to the current day. Great reading.

5. The Walkman and the origins of cyberspace - As Russell points out Desert Island Discs has an incredible archive, with nuggets of brilliance hiding behind every palm tree. Here William Gibson talks about his vision of cyberspace springing from his experience of the Walkman

5 Things I Liked This Week - 01/07/11

1. Jesse Schell on games and education - The brilliant Jesse Schell talks a lot of sense about the value of games in education, games that listen and virtual currency. Excellent stuff. 

2. 7 Platforms changing the future of publishing - This is publishing's punk rock era. These are exciting for new writers. A fantastic resource list curated list by Maria.

3. Mel Exon on positivity and cynicism - Great blog from Mel looking at the value of positivity and the perils of cynicism in the creative process.

4. The 5 Rs of 21st Century Content Curation - Great tips for anyone in the curation business.

5. Wilderness Downtown: Ad or Art - Interesting discussion on whether the WIlderness Downtown video should have been eligible to compete for the Lion at Cannes. I particularly like the comments that it was 'unfairly cool'. 

 

5 things I liked this week - 03/06/11

1. Intel's Museum of Me - Useless, narcissistic but very well done. For those who like to see all their Facebook photos and status updates pulled together in a beautiful video experience this is for you. Disappointingly lacking Twitter integration though.

2. Graham Linehan and Cory Doctorow at The Story - Matt has began podcasting some of the talks from The Story which took place earlier this year. Here Father Ted writer Graham Linehan gives great insights into how he uses social media for his writing process.

3. Awesome People Hanging Out Together - Amazing photos of, well... awesome people hanging out together.

4. Don't Forget the 'I' in 'T': On Recommitting to Specialism - BBH Labs' Mel Exon visits the debate about 'T' shaped team members with 7 points on how to make best use of specialisms in a team of broad thinkers.

5. Postcards from America - 5 Magnum photographers and a writer documenting their roadtrips around America.

5 things I liked this week - 20/05/11

Vanishing in the Digital Age - Evan Ratliff - PICNIC '10 from PICNIC on Vimeo.

1. 5 Inspiring ideas from Kevin Slavin and Paola Antonelli - Kevin Slavin is a really clever guy who always has something interesting to say. Here he talks about design being a living system and how cities are becoming algorithms.

2. Beyond Thriller: Reinventing the music video - The music video is enjoying a bit of creative renaisance thanks to limited budgets and new tools. Are we entering a golden age?

3. Rome's '3 Dreams of Black' video by Chris Milk - To push the point home here's Chris Milk's experimental Rome video which is best viewed using Chrome.

4. Roseanne Barr on sexism in TV - I found this article incredibly moving. It would be tempting to describe Rosanne as someone who has helped eradicate sexism from TV but unfortunately very little has changed.

5. Fear of Failure - Fear is one of the biggest barriers to creativity. To promote their 'Fear of Failure' exhibition students from the Berghs School of Communication invited a handful of leading creative figures to share their thoughts on fear. some great thoughts from the likes of Michael Woolf, Stefan Sagmeister and Milton Glaser.

5 things I liked this week - 22/04/11

1. Photosynth for the iPhone - Wow. Only seems like yesterday that we were being blown away by Photosynth at TED. Now you can create your own synths on your phone.

2. Michael Wolff on Creativity - Great video in which the designer talks about developing 3 muscles of creativity - inquisitiveness, appreciation and imagination.

3. The 3D Type Book - A must for fans of typography, this is 'the most comprehensive showcase of three-dimensional letterforms ever written'.

4. Jonathan Harris: Today - Storyteller Jonathan Harris documents his life through photography and music.

5. Letters of Note - Excellent Webby nominated site featuring scans of hand written letters, faxes and telegrams from pop stars including this excellent feuding reply from John Lennon to Linda (and Paul) McCartney.

 

5 things I liked this week - 15/04/11

1. How to steal like an artist - Some brilliant advice from artist Austin Kleon, the man behind the very clever Newspaper Blackout

2. David Kelly on Designing Curious Employees - The best thing I've read in ages. The IDEO man talks about Design Thinking and the importance of emphathy in leadership

3. Skillshare - Learn anything from anyone. We all have something to teach and something to learn. Become a teacher and share the knowledge of what it is you are an expert in

4. SXSW Keynotes - Watch some thought provoking keynotes from the likes of Dan Ariely, Bruce Sterling and Seth Priebatsch

5. Senna: Film Trailer - Looking forward to seeing this film about Brazilian F1 driver Ayrton Senna which has been made up entirely from clips on Youtube

 

5 things I liked this week - 08/04/11

1. 6 verbs for the next 20 years of the connected web - A nice summary of the Web 2.0 Expo talk by the brilliant Kevin Kelly

2. Dentsu London launches Suwappu - I can not explain how excited I am about the idea of augmented reality toy apps. Dentsu London do an incredible job on explaining their future thinking through film

3. How Andy Carvin debunked geoplitical rumor using Storified - Excellent use of Storify from one of the most interesting men on Twitter in these times of revolution

4. 5 Manifestos for Life - I've been thinking a lot about Manifestos recently. Nice collection from Brainpickings

5. A day in the wild is worth a month of guessing - My quote of the week by a long distance from one of the Instagram team