Justin’s posterous

Extreme Drug Resistant Tuberculosis

“Everybody can be great because Everybody can serve...You only need a heart full of grace, a soul generated by love. And you can be that servant.” (via)

Science Machine from Chad Pugh on Vimeo. via YWFT Blog

TED Talks

Link: Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web on The Semantic Web, Web 3.0, "ONE"

I am not too sure how I feel about EVERYTHING being connected. What is the purpose of pushing things to be so closely linked? Sure there are benefits to this all and you could see some good come from this, but Mr. Kelly describes the internet in too poetic a way, I think. Don't forget the crap that fills the internet. Don't overlook the bad that will likely follow us into the rabbit hole. Personalized (Read: Stalker) Advertising? No, thanks. Knowledge of where I am at all times, what I'm doing? Again, potential uses in case someone kidnaps me....but in the overall, this is not necessary. There are other things in this world needing our attention. Aside from that, I am noticing how addicted everyone seems to be with the internet and technology in general. I wanted an iPhone, but do I really need it?

It's bad enough that I'm on so much. And really, that isn't a joking matter. Says a lot about the heart, about what worthwhile things I'm putting my time into, about addictions and willingness to allow such things to control me. I think I am tired of excuses about such stuff. I need to take control of my actions and consider the implications if this thing is only going to go further.

I think I may be growing into an anti-technology old man fast, haha. Read a book! Think! Sit outside! Ride a bike!

(Please ignore the irony of me writing this online.)

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

So, I'm a worrier. I used to experiment a lot with my design work when I first started out but after I got deeper into my college career, I fear I started to lose that willingness to push on when solutions didn't look right, trying to find answers. I began to immediately edit because I felt like I'd seen it fail before or because I knew it wasn't "right" or "good enough." Part of it might be a good increase of understanding, however, I think that the main issue is simply fearing being wrong. My teachers told us in the beginning, "don't edit" during the ideation stage, but I still would. I ran across this video via 43folders and feel like I've come across something I'd forgotten. Do not hold back. Be zealous for art, beauty, solutions, communication, ideas. Do not let fear and lack of confidence keep you from thinking through things. Do not be afraid of asking questions or of being wrong. Think. Try, try, and try again....and learn from it along the way or you won't go much further the next time around. I've lost that on some level but after this reminder of what it is to love your work and want to improve, I hope to find that thirst for answers again, in design for sure, but certainly thinking about how it fits with everyday life, too.

check out the 3 other videos with Ira Glass. Makes me wanna go listen to some good ole NPR.