WTF♯?
Chopin writes “enforced” listening moments into the piece–strangely arresting moments, like that F♯ held, alone, then heard against an astringent dissonance, then heard alone again, then heard against the “correct” dissonance…
It’s becoming harder to find time to check my ever growing list of bookmarks, but Bobulate is one of the blogs I actually set aside time for. Each post is thoughtful, well written, and never feels as though it’s longer than it should be. One of the recent posts I’ve found interesting links back to the blog of a concert pianist, who goes on to describe the music of Chopin. I found the quote above relevant for a few different reasons, but I thought Liz Danico brought up an interesting consideration regarding design.
As designers, for all the simplicity we intend in our work, for all the intentional moments we craft, what enforced listening moments are we creating? What rhythms are we designing? Where’s the F♯?
05th of Nov ‘09
Thu 20:25
writing
A Common Nomenclature for Lego Families
Every family, it seems, has its own set of words for describing particular Lego pieces. No one uses the official names. “Dad, please could you pass me that Brick 2x2?” No. In our house, it’ll always be: “Dad, please could you pass me that four-er?”
Giles Turnbull writes about his survey conducted to find out what different families call Lego™ pieces. I love the little chart that goes along with it and displays the results of his research. It definetely brings back memories of trying to craft the perfect Lego™ gun. And afterwards, dueling my grandmother and having her fake die. Man, I was horrible.
1,001 Rules for my Unborn Son
319. Don’t let the pictures become the event.
Life lessons for a boy delivered in a numbered list format by Walker Lamond. He has an ongoing blog (currently at rule #401), as well as a recently released book on the same subject. One of my favorites is #319.
If my dad wrote this, it would basically be an abridged Bible.