Notebooks are making a comeback; there’s something to be said about pen and paper. I prefer Moleskine notebooks, but Field Notes makes an array of notebooks as well. These (from a collection called National Crop Edition) draw their inspiration from promotional notebooks given to American […]

I love this quote from Content Standard’s story: Why Brand Storytelling is the New Marketing: an Interview with Robert McKee: “The way to persuade the buyer is to get their attention with a story, and that is very difficult in this day and age of […]

This is pretty cool. It’s called Starfield. It’s an art installation by the French art collective Lab212. “It involves a swing, the projection of a star field in front of it and a Microsoft Kinect.” Participants can swing over scenes from the earth, Saturn’s rings, […]

This one is from the archives of Bill Moyers’ wonderful show. Here he speaks with one of my favorite poets, W.S. Merwin, about his 50-year-career. You can find this show and other information at Bill Moyers’ blog, which is still kept up to date, even […]

A great short film from Chad Howitt called: Welcome to the Last Bookstore. It’s a touching look at Josh Spencer’s journey overcoming adversity opening an independent bookstore in Los Angeles. Courtesy of Atlantic Video.