http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:36:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello this is a caption. Captions go under picture. http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=14 like this. http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=13 what http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=12 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=10 Speaking of the organization of thought ("data"), here are some select screenshots of my desktop from the last 6 months. My metaphorical space for the organization of the various aspects of my computer-related life. (After the jump of course) http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=9 Just a thought. Or maybe a minor fragment of a thought. Stacks, clips, binders, staples, folders, piles, trays, bins, boxes, shelves, cabinets ... From papers to DVDs, pictures to furniture, food to receipts. Most of us use some sort of organizational system or a combination of a few. Things get groups by ... http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=8 In his essay on Adrian Frutiger in Unjustified Texts, Robin Kinross floated the idea that “one could divide type designers into calligraphers and cutters. The former see and generate strokes, as if with a pen. The latter work by cutting away, seeing rather the space within and around letters.” Taken figuratively ... http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=7 My roommate went on exchange to the Hague and she said one day one of the profs was looking at something she did and said that it was too “monkey-eat-banana”. This story made me laugh, and it's good advice too. I find that sometimes designers want things to make sense right ... http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=6 So one day we decided to make a quick short film, 3 hours of filming with no script we came up with Scott Piekema: The many shades of a Master Paint Tinter.Ginger Ngo and Scott Piekema (the real Scott Piekema) also worked on it. We finished it with a total ... http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=5 This is a small point, I'll keep it short. Recently I have tried hard to refrain from using the words cute, interesting and weird in conversation. Not that I don’t use the words at all but I think it’s important to stop and think about what I mean when I ... http://www.mysterywesterntheory.com/blog/?p=4