Sounds, Images, Words
My daughter is doing a school project dealing with music’s social impact. The students are being asked to pick a decade and research songs from that period, while looking at the social issues people faced at that time. She chose to look at the 80s and her preliminary inquiry brought up the cold war, nuclear [...] Read full article
This list is a companion to yesterday’s piece, 13 things I want more of in 2013. Today’s list is like a set of anti-resolutions, things I will aim to avoid in the coming year. 1. Artisanal – I love handmade, limited edition and traditionally created foods, drinks and products. But, while the artisanal movement promotes [...] Read full article
Last week, my friend Casey Lau made an announcement that Hong Kong band, Tigerbombers had joined Twitter (@Tigerbombers). As often happens, a conversation then developed about band websites and the relative merits of having your main online presence on Facebook. In the midst of that Spike (who blogs at Hongkie Town & Spike’s Photos) made [...] Read full article
The internet is aflutter with the news that mobile, social photography platform, Instagram was just sold to Facebook for U$1 Billion. Within months of seeing Kodak, the icon of the film era, go bankrupt, we now have a start-up built around mobile photography (and vintage nostalgia) realising huge profits. What This Means For The Industry [...] Read full article
Earlier this week my daughter was showing me a recent school project. Her class was doing a unit on Leadership. The assignment involved retelling the life-story of a famous leader in the child’s own words and in the format of a Children’s picture book. But, when it came time for my daughter to show me [...] Read full article