A great video.
Profile of Ezra Caldwell (Fast Boy Cycles) who was diagnosed with cancer in 2008. When the cancer threatens to shatter his love of bikes, Ezra survives by documenting his illness as thoroughly as his craft. Film is produced for Made by Hand.
The photo above is an exercise from her class where students came up with ideas for a new loyalty program. Loyalty programs are drowning in competition. What company doesn’t have one? I have hundreds of plastic cards collecting from everywhere. And I don’t think a single one has made me more loyal to anything. What you’ll notice in the image is a constant theme of the book. Companies that escape the herd often do the opposite of whatever everyone else expects. (via Herd | Nathan Kontny)
"What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they’ll start teaching themselves English while circumventing the security on your OS to customize settings and activate disabled hardware. Whoa."
— Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction | DVICE
What happens when you combine professional wake boarding with one of the world’s premier light painters? Some rather incredible imagery, to say the least.
Patrick Rochon teamed up with Red Bull and a few professional wake boarders to produce the series. Along with the photos, there’s an exceptional video detailing the process behind the complex shoot.
Wake Boarding Collides With Light Painting
via John Nack
