Jonathan Harris — AIGA | the professional association for design →

This video, featuring artist/programmer Jonathan Harris, affected me deeply. I’m sure it will affect you as well. Well worth the time spent.

(via Gwen Bell)

Patrick Rhone | Intrvws →

I had the extreme pleasure of being interviewed for Ian Hines’ new site, Intrvws. This is the most comprehensive interview I have ever done. We cover lots of ground, from how I got started writing, my somewhat accidental geekdom, my business, my favorite blogs, and my approach to all of my sites (most specifically this one). I’d be extremely grateful and humbled if you gave it a read.

Photo shoot by Diana Walker (Aug 2004) →

This is a lovely and highly personal photoshoot. I had never seen it before now. Love how the first shot is so much of “what we don’t believe in” – a desk piled with stuff. I bet you Steve can tell you exactly what is in those piles (but then he’d have to kill you). Proof that there is no right way. There is only the way that works for you. 

(via Mr. Brooks)

saving ink — One (App) at a Time* →

Fantastic post from Anna Spysz about being forced to do with less after her Macbook Pro logic board died. It’s a nice reminder that one can really surprise themselves with how little they really need and how, in fact, “less” may have certain advantages over “more”. I love this part:

After the initial frustration subsided and I came to terms with the fact that I will be MacBook-less for over a month (and bought this sweet adapter to watch my iPhone videos on my TV), I’ve found that this forced single-tasking is both extremely difficult to get used to, and ultimately far more effective. It’s been a constant struggle with my own, easily-distracted brain, that I’d tried to wage with less success using tools like Isolator or Think on my very multitasking-capable laptop. Now it will be a struggle to maintain this focus once my own computer is back, but I think this experience has given me the motivation to truly give it a go, now that I’ve seen just how effective single-tasking can make me.

You don’t need a focusing app to focus. What you need are new habits, and no app can really give you that.

Minimal: Find your own Way →

mnmal:

Before Buddha became enlightened he searched enlightenment by following different masters. Each one promised him that if he followed his way he would find what he was looking for. Buddha starved himself, lived a live of poverty and did other things as he was told by his masters. After several years he realized that none of this was going to give him what he was looking for, so he picked ideas and notions from the different ways he followed in the past and started following his own way. He attained enlightenment.

I came to realize that minimalism is the same. You can follow different masters, but at the end of the day you will have to follow your own. Take ideas and tips and incorporate them into your own Way. Learn from it, make it part of your life and pass it forward.

I don’t know how I missed posting about this but it looks like my friend Uri has decided to shut down his Minimal tumblr and put all of his energy into his wonderful new project Pack Light, Go Fast. The new project is another dear to my heart, minimalist and lightweight travel. You should check it out. 

Also, Uri is a pretty swell guy. A lot of people don’t know but he is a freelance Security Consultant. I reached out to him recently for a security related problem and he went above and beyond the call of duty for a client of mine. You should hire him if you ever have a need.