The New York Times published an article on Steampunk culture that’s getting a lot of buzz on the Internets. Steampunk originated as a term for science fiction based on Victorian-era themed concepts - and the literature has birthed a rich lifestyle culture with a unique fashion aesthetic and product modification styles (some references & […]
Chamillionaire on Social Media, Going to the People, & the Music Industry
<30 artist, Chamillionaire speaks to Pete Cashmore @ Mashable! about his success in social media (he set the record for ringtone downloads @ 4 million) and why he wasn’t hating when Weird Al Yankovich wanted to turn “Riding Dirty” into “White and Nerdy.” At the Digital Hollywood Conference in LA, he made a few […]
Ahhh, Nokia. You Get It, We Like You
Nokia’s concept phone “People First” is a phone built around people’s needs - and built for people to develop and use at they choose (ie, it openly supports hacking). Maybe someone at Nokia’s been reading Blue Ocean Strategy…?
Nokia’s fired out some interesting concept phones this year, but this newest “People First” design centers more on […]
Days of Blunder
We like to provide a very up-to-date/real-time vibe here at IWRI. Therefore I’m technically live-blogging from the front seat of my father’s ride whilst some teenage asshole is making our trip to the Poughkeepsie train station an interesting one.
I noticed his gray-primed poopbox turning onto 9W off of Route 32 on the outskirts of Kingston, […]
Forget Brain Age: Researchers Develop Software That Makes You Smarter
Brain researchers for the first time claim to have found a method for improving the general problem-solving ability scientists call fluid intelligence, otherwise known as “smarts.” Fluid intelligence measures how people adapt to new situations and solve problems they’ve never seen before. It differs from crystallized intelligence, which takes into account skills and knowledge […]
AIGA: Defining the Designer of 2015!
The AIGA and Adobe are asking for help to fill out a survey to help define the designer of 2015!
Take Part here.
Via Computerlove.
“Being Humble is so 2007…Trust Me”
New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) is what I’m jamming right now & I love how Erykah is always bringing the insight & incite. Her album’s self reflective, political, & “it’s got a funky beat and I can bug out to it“; She’s also the new face of Tom Ford’s latest fragrance, […]
What is your “Just Enough”?
Just enough is audible even in the start-up world of small business. Old entrepreneurs used to talk about scaling up till they could sell out. We wanted to get as big as possible to sell for as much as possible. New entrepreneurs talk about getting big enough to “get comfortable.” And […]
The Value of Hypothetical Products
Our man Jeff over at PSFK picked up on this cool entry in the New York Times written by Rob Walker on ‘hypothetical products’ and their value to innovation. Of course these explorations have real value in terms of refining the idea or illuminating or what can or should be attempted, but what’s really interesting […]
Hard Times by Matt Mason and Nicolas Felton
The above reads, “Our Parents Killed Bad Ideas with Music, We Kill Bad Ideas with New Business Models.” After seeing this, we couldn’t help but chuckle. Part of a new online storyteller series from Penguin Books, Hard Times was created by Matt Mason (’The Pirate’s Dilemma’) and Nicholas Felton (’Felton Personal Annual Report’). An infographic […]