BECAME

Beautiful.

Nice prints.

“Events unfold so unpredictably, so unfairly, human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation. It is only we, with our capacity to love that give meaning to the indifferent universe.”

A love in my life. Jacko June2008-March2009

GTD

This is my first post of 2010, and this year will be all about Getting Things Done. Got a new job, a lot going on at College and my apartment needs serious intervention.

GTD rests on the principle that a person needs to move tasks out of the mind by recording them externally. That way, the mind is freed from the job of remembering everything that needs to be done, and can concentrate on actually performing those tasks.

So, based on that and other tools included in The 10 Laws of Simplicity by John Maeda, this year will be the year of: CHANGE.

First thing to do: Reduce. I am getting an iPod Touch. No more paper. No more forgetting. Get everything out of your head.

Any organizing ideas, applications, gadgets are more than welcome.

Wes Anderson has become so synonymous with manicured, color coordinated, Criterion-approved but incredibly divisive works that he’s practically a brand. Looking forward to watch Fantastic Mr. Fox.

Marco Arment on carriers and handsets

felipesunol:

marco:

So it comes down to your needs. For me, my phone is a personal computer most of the time, and it’s occasionally used to make or receive phone calls. Most data is downloaded over WiFi, with occasional small transfers over the cellular network. Network flakiness hurts me less than device flakiness. For me, therefore, the device is much more important than the network, because I’m using the device much more than I’m using the network.

This is why my iPod touch is good enough. Actual phone calls are as modern as the term “smartphone” and I can’t lag behind software-wise. An iPhone in Costa Rica equals constant jail-breaking and unlocking, something I decided I wouldn’t waste my time on some time ago. Most people I know don’t get that it’s about the software platform not the hardware. Stay relevant, not fashionable.

Hurry:

felipesunol:

You’re in a hurry.

Maybe you’re waiting for validation. You’re waiting for that someone you respect to say, “Yes, you bright person, you should do that thing.” It was your parents when you were a kid and then it was your first boss, but now it simply needs to be you.

What you need to understand about these people that support you is that they’re not here to slow you down, they’re here to get the hell out of your way so you can be brilliant. You need to discover the moment when you actually know better than everyone around you — when you make the first move without asking permission.
So, hurry.

Simple. Genius.

Tarantino On There Will Be Blood

Pure gold.

High hopes on this one…

From WTWTA art director. It keeps getting better.

“That’s probably one of the most valuable things I’ve learned [on the film]. If you have a good idea, believe in it, push it. Trying to figure out what someone else wants is the worst way to do it as far as I’m concerned.”