July 2001

I saw Jerry Hirshberg speak the other night at San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art.

He’s a great speaker. He’s articulate about creativity. He has a passion for design, and is evangelistic about the power of design to change, and look ahead which is completely infectious.

His book: The Creative Priority : Putting Innovation to Work in Your Business – is another thing I need to put on my shopping list.

New item for The Lab:
Some bookmarklets which I can never remember where to go get. So here they are.

websandiego.org happy hour #8 in a week!

san diego comic con in 10 days!

can you stand the suspense?

I’ve been doing even more spring cleaning this weekend. Nice to go through old things. Among the items I found are old notes to myself when I was first learning about the web. My interest was almost exclusively graphics. That was my way in. Now what’s interesting is the enabling of human interactions. I used to seek eye candy. Now I seek something else.

I don’t know where Dennis Wilen got it, but he gets it when he says that it’s not the downloads that are the amazing part of the ‘net. It’s the uploads. The instances where people are encouraged to dive in and have a new experience on the web, and on the net. These are the things which are where the fun stuff happens.

Eye candy can be a bonus, though.

I’m selling some things on ebay. Check them out my ebay page!

The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3 [imdb] [amazon] is a great cheap date for a Saturday Night. It’s a guy movie that even my wife likes! It’s a “caper picture” – several armed men hijack a subway car in New York City. It’s filled with wonderful character actors. I like that the characters are cynical and smartasses. Any movie where even the bit players get to have great, funny lines is on the right track. In too many movies, only the stars get to shine. In this one, everyone gets to play.

For Independence Day!: A short presentation on the Continental Congress, The U.S. Constitution, and The Declaration of Independence. Have a great day!

Return of the Jedi is also available in Manga: However, Amazon only has volume 1 and volume 3 though. Strange, that.

Dark Horse Comics also has the Star Wars Mangas. They are the publisher.

Also available in Manga format (4 volumes): The Empire Strikes Back: Star Wars Episode V.

Doing some spring cleaning today on the office. Sorting, categorizing. Discarding.

Revisiting old comics is great. Well not too old. Manga Star Wars: A New Hope was one highlight I found. It’s a Japanese / Manga rendition of Star Wars, translated back into English.

What? You’ve never heard of Manga? Manga is a style of comic from Japan. Manga which you might have heard of in this time period might include things like Pokemon and Dragonball Z. These two examples, say almost nothing about the medium though. Here’s a definition of Manga which includes discussion of Anime as well.

Which reminds me: Comic-Con is coming!