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"Disruption" Does Not Apply: Innovation in the Animation Industry

On his Animation Anomaly website, Charles Kenney asks [http://animationanomaly.com/2014/01/23/is-the-animation-industry-being-held-back-by-legacy-players/] : > [I]s the animation industry being held back by existing, established, players? Consider the car industry and the fact that it wasn’t a manufacturer that made the biggest breakthrough in driverless cars, it was

On Second Thought

The original Apple Macintosh personal computer turned 30 years old recently, unleashing a tidal wave of retrospection across the Internet. One piece in particular caught my eye: Linus Edwards' On First Thought [http://vintagezen.com/2013/9/26/on-first-thought], a look at how groundbreaking Apple products such as the Macintosh

…And a Critical Outward Ear: Podcasts: We Can Do Better

About a month ago I heard about a relatively new podcast, only 7 episodes in, that stayed within the software/technology subject sphere but wasn't just ruminating about what Apple did or should do. Intrigued, I checked out the website and found descriptions that made me quite excited to listen

A Critical Inward Eye

The last year has been an interesting one. My career has hit several speedbumps, and I find myself trying to figure out exactly what it is I want to do with the next 20-odd years. I'm broke, but I'm finding out that's not so bad :-) Most importantly, I've been

Allow Me to <br />Reintroduce Myself…

Pardon the dust, I'm still renovating around here. Going to redo the entire powder room, put some wallpaper up—something with texture. Bold, bright colors, but modern shapes, maybe some art that suggests mathematical structure? Still, I'm happy with how this is coming together. I wanted to pull the trigger

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