Neil Gaiman Commencement Speech: ‘Make Good Art’
Inspirational words for creatives and would-be-creatives alike. …A call to make mistakes. To be wise (or at least pretend to be). To enjoy it. And to in all things, at all times, make good art.
“Why?” is the most important question, not asked nearly enough.
Hint: “Because I said so,” is not a valid answer.
- Why does it work this way?
- Why is that our goal?
- Why did you say no?
- Why are we treating people differently?
- Why is this our policy?
- Why don’t we enter this market?
- Why did you change your mind?
- Why are we having this meeting?
- Why not?
Our gross national product…counts air pollution and cigarette advertising and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage,” Robert F. Kennedy said on the presidential campaign trail in 1968. “It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl.…Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education, or the joy of their play.
I tend to be leery of “the next big thing” but this is worth the read. via @adage
The entire media process…needs to become more fluid and “always-on” rather than static and sporadic.
Congrats to a former co-worker (@pablohart) and all of @atomicobject for the cool feature in the WSJ on stand-up meetings.
The photo of their space makes me want to rip down the walls here at @imagegroup
16% isn’t much, but its doubled in 2yrs. #foodforthought
It is funny that a platform that was thought to be too public for teens is starting to get some attention from the 12-17 yr old demographic because it has more anonymity than Facebook. In this article, data from the Pew Internet & American Life Project shows how privacy just might be the tipping point that gets more teens to tweet.
They can use usernames that are not their real name, they can be selective about who they follow (and vice versa) and can protect their tweets. Plus their mom is on Facebook now (thumbs down) and Ashton Kutcher is on Twitter (thumbs up). Self-expression + privacy + a backstage pass = twitter experience.
