Archive for January, 2006
My favorite photo from the World Press Photo exhibition, which is at Annenberg through January 30
What an amazing shot. I must have stared at it for ten minutes, overcome by its stark metaphor for American politics: the waiting officials in black, secretive; the dividing curtain; the rabid crowd. This is our elaborate, democratic charade. #
A good discussion of what’s missing from the digital music experience
Check out the difference between a Capitol label from 1956 and iTunes’s info box. iTunes doesn’t even have a field for “label”, one of my biggest wishes. #
Kodak is killing its 70 year-old “boxed K” logo
Decisions like this must look very different on the inside. I’m sure the Kodak people are really sick of their “old” brand—but it’s one of the best out there, inseperable from photography for consumers. Photography is photography, digital or not. #
Creative tries to redefine podcast as “Personal On-Demand broadCast”
Jason from 37signals: “A for effort, F for give me a fucking break.” (thx projectionist) #
