Been in Silicon Valley attending the O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference all week. Spent a lot of time in planes to get out here, so I’ve amassed a pretty solid set of photos, videos, and links to share with you for this edition of the Weekender. Try and clear up a good chunk of time this weekend to get through it all.
Photos for the weekend.
Stunning set of oil paintings by Nicole Pasulka:
Good Magazine asked the students of 826 in Los Angeles to imagine how we might get around in the future:
The 2009 galleries for the Good 50x70 project are now live on the site:
I’m incredibly impressed with this redesign of the American currency:
Links for the weekend.
In Pursuit of Elegance: 12 Indispensable Tips
Matthew May talks about how sometimes the best design is elegant design — when a product or tool does just enough, and not more than it has to do.
Prodigies, Peons, and Purple People Eaters
A sports roundup to round up all sports roundups. Yeah, it’s like that.
Newspaper Narcissism
Walter Pincus thinks about why people got into newspaper journalism in the first place, and how far we’ve come since then — to the detriment of the industry.
The Next iPhone
If there’s anyone I trust when it comes to all things Apple, it’s Jon Gruber. This is why I’m holding off until July to buy my new iPhone.
The Median Isn’t the Message
Stephen Jay Gould’s essay may be about statistics on its surface, but underneath its a story about resilience and determination.
The Management Myth
Ever since I considered going back to school for my MBA, I’ve been coming across a good number of articles telling me why it’s not worth it. This is one of them.
What I’ve Learned Raising a Daughter (Thus Far)
You don’t need a daughter to keep your heart from getting too hard (or maybe I’m just oddly effeminate), but I can see how raising a little girl can be one of the most amazing things in the world. One day…
The Most Interesting Man in the World
Everybody loves those Dos Equis ads, but what they do highlight is that the whole concept of interesting these days has become vanilla and boring. What’s really interesting?
Videos for the weekend.
We’ll kick off the videos section by this stunning time lapse video by Sean Stiegemeier.
Continuing on the time lapse front, this video of the sky above Fort Davis is awe-inspiring.
You can always on Nike Basketball to come up with some crazy ads. This new LeBron/Kobe puppet set of adverts is genius.
If you had a 42-second dream on your deathbed, would it be as vivid and touching as this one created by Chris Milk?
Finally, and I can’t embed the video here, but Sorry, I’m Late is definitely worth watching. Wonderfully executed. Head over to the website and check out the video.
That’s it for this weekend. If you want to keep on top of what else I’m reading or enjoying on the web during the week, check out my tumblelog Squandrous, my Google Reader shared items, or my Times People profile.
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