I would argue that one of the most fundamental failings of “design thinking” education is the _lack of craftsmanship_. Students don’t appear to learn a honed, tacit, and careful “innate” sensibility for making, and simultaneously, they don’t appear to have developed an intimate understanding of the medium they are responsible for shaping. Instead, they are equipped with a toolkit of methods.
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Charlie’s vocabulary now includes Battlestar Galactica.

Pixar’s Storytelling tips from Andrew Stanton

  • Empathize with your main character, even if you don’t like all of his/her motivations or qualities. (For example, Woody in Toy Story initially masked his selfish desires as being selfless.)
  • Unity of opposites. Each character must have clear goals that oppose each other.
  • You should have something to say. Not a message, per se, but some perspective, some experiential truth.
  • Have a key image, almost like a visual logline, to encapsulate the essence of the story; that represents the emotional core on which everything hangs. (For example, Marlin in Finding Nemo, looking over the last remaining fish egg in the nest.)
  • Cast actors with an appealing voice, and whom the microphone loves. Test their voice performance with animation to see if it fits.
  • Know your world and the rules of it. (Such as in Monsters, Inc.)
  • The crux of the story should be on inner, not outer, conflicts.
  • Developing the story is like an archeological dig. Pick a site where you think the story is buried, and keep digging to find it.
  • Animation should be interpretive, not realistic.
  • “Just say no” to flashbacks. Only tell what’s vital, and tell it linearly.
  • Consider music as a character to anchor the film. Music is a keeper of the emotional truth.

DO THING YOU LOVE MAKE YOU MORE AWESOME. GIVE THING YOU LOVE TO OTHERS MAKE YOU MORE AWESOME. YOU MORE AWESOME MAKE YOU BETTER AT DO EVERYTHING.

THIS YOUR AWESOME ENGINE. WHEN IT TURN, YOU WIN.

However, death isn’t an option, it’s an inevitability. And before I die, I want to take as many swings at the fence as I can.
Google knows it. Viacom knows it. The Chamber of Commerce knows it. Internet democracy groups know it. BoingBoing knows it. But, the Internet hasn’t been told yet — we’re going to get blown away by the end of the year. The worst bill in Internet history is about to become law.
Reblogged from Fred Wilson Dot VC
kirps:

My personal hell…

Hope to avoid this every single day.

kirps:

My personal hell…

Hope to avoid this every single day.

Reblogged from The Esoteria