Sunset over Sunshine | Donaldsville, LA | Dec 2008
Matt Brandon: Photographer, do you know what you know?
There are times we share our knowledge freely and offer it without any strings attached. This is what this blog is all about.
It is what most of the web is about. A library of knowledge, a vault of captured [...]
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December 10, 2008 – 10:04
The power of asking dumb questions
November 18, 2008 – 9:03
Let it in | Luray, Virginia | Nov 2008
I grew up spending a tremendous amount of my time reading a wide range of books. Anything I could get my hand on, I devoured. I read day and night, and when I was wasn’t reading, I was thinking about what I had read, consolidating [...]
Obscured
August 19, 2008 – 14:20
Obscured | Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee, USA | Nov 2005
Unrelated: Coined in Japan, the term “tomason” describes “useless, abandoned” architectural artifacts, leftovers from “the incessant churn of building, destruction, and redevelopment that characterizes the Japanese city.” via City of Sound
What tomason exist in your city, your environment, your life?
(also: examples of tomason on [...]
You can steal content, but you can’t steal me
April 14, 2008 – 16:24
Books for Sale / Delhi, India
John Handel:
“When everyone’s a creator, there’s less room for high-quality professional content.”
… and paradoxically, it’s becoming harder to harder to find it.
Content is becoming a commodity in an era where an increasing amount of value is being consumed without any direct exchange of money.
What is going on? The [...]
Wisdom from the cookie / 5
April 11, 2008 – 17:01
Your way of doing what other people do their way is what makes you special.
I would like to believe that in this context “special” means good, but when I reflect a little bit about myself I’m not so sure that’s true.
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Previously in the “Wisdom from the Cookie” series: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
Wisdom from the Cookie / 4
April 3, 2008 – 23:31
Stop searching forever, happiness is just next to you.
Hmm. The only thing next to me is a computer and a glass of whiskey…
Previously in the “Wisdom from the Cookie” series: 1 | 2 | 3
Listen to this… Muxtape
March 28, 2008 – 20:49
I’ve been fighting this, but maybe it’s time to admit it: the Internet is my life. I’d like to think otherwise, but I think I’d only be fooling myself.
I often get lost for hours. Sometimes I look up, wondering where the time went, wondering what I accomplished or what I did, saw or read [...]
Where do you work?
November 19, 2007 – 12:48
Writers’ rooms, a fascinating look into the workspaces of a number of writers. There is an interesting diversity of how they structure their environments around them to create their preferred places to work. I am somewhat surprised by the abundant clutter in their offices. I wonder how their work environments differ from [...]
Wisdom from the Cookie / 3
November 12, 2007 – 22:28
Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.
Sticking to the message, enough said…
