Things I came across #15

Great Stuff:

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• Brain pickings‘ Maria Popova presents “100 ideas that changed graphic design” 
• “Chroniques de Jérusalem” by Guy Delisle is awarded best Bande Dessinée at this year’s Festival d’Angoulème.
  
• Christoph Niemann’s NYT Blog “Abstract Sunday”  is one of my favorite, so this book is a must have.
  
• Velocity: The Seven New Laws for a World Gone Digital by Ajaz Ahmed and Stefan Olander 
• “Information overload is not the problem; you want all the information. It’s filter failure.” Dion Hinchcliffe answering FastCo’s questions on social workplaces 
• You should breathe while checking your emails: e-Mail Apnae 
• “The total number of game downloads reached 648 million by the end of year 2011” Rovio’s (Angry Bird) 2011 financial results. 

 

Great Tracks:

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• Amanda Rogers – Get Your Heart
• The Cribs – Come On, Be A No-One
• Best Coast – The Only Place
• Royal Headache – Never Again
• Beach House – Myth
• Freddie Cruger – Running from Love

Beastie Boys List by vision magazine: Beastie Boys – RIP Adam Yauch • 1964-2012

Great Videos

• The People’s Car Project: Chinese citizens access a Chinese-language VW website to upload ideas for transportation concepts they’d like to see, and by the 11-month mark, 33 million people had visited the site. <a href="http://www.core77.com/blog/transportation/volkswagens_crowdsourced_chinese_hovercraft_concept_22437.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29): http://vimeo.com/weareflink/morphing“>Here’s the fun pitch video (via Core77)