Ged Carroll | renaissance chambara
brand planning ^ culture ^ design ^ east asia ^ ephemera ^ media ^ tech
Reading Time: 3 minutes Looking back on the career of Jony Ive, its hard to believe where the company came from. When Steve Jobs returned to Apple he picked through much of Apple and didn’t like what he saw. He did see something in Jonathan Ive and the small cadre of product designers left at Apple. Ive’s moving on … Read moreThe Jony Ive post
Reading Time: 2 minutes Flickr best social network experience going / Boing Boing – this, but I am not blind to the communities flaws An Oral History of Oakleys, the Most Badass Sunglasses of the 1990s | MEL Magazine – or how Luxottica made a great brand merely good The Ad Contrarian: The Stupidity Of Ignoring Older People | … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 4 minutes Web services I use everyday has evolved over time. I thought I’d explore what I use now, compared to my essential services nine years ago. Bloglines – I have an eclectic and wide range of online reading material that I like to keep up with. Whilst I have a Google Reader account, it is set … Read moreWeb services I use
Reading Time: 2 minutes The Politics of History: Why Anniversaries Matter in China | Macro Polo – great reading Liu Cixin’s War of the Worlds | The New Yorker – interesting reading material about China and the US. Read this in concert with the Macro Polo article on the politics of history On the Mac Pro, the G4 Cube … Read moreICYMI | 万一你错过了| 당신이 그것을 놓친 경우에 대비해서
Reading Time: 7 minutes Immediacy is a relatively recent phenomena for consumers. It has changed the work and personal lives of consumers. It has eroded the barrier between work life and home life. It has redefined our support networks and friendships. Before I wrote this post, I had conversation with a friend working on a project in Singapore who’d … Read moreImmediacy as a problem