Category Archives: Culture

Samurai Star Wars

Steve Bialik has rendered characters from Star Wars as if they were in feudal Japan. Awesome.

Darth Vader

Jabba the Hutt
See them all at his blog.

Are you a programmer, or the programmed?

Really interesting thoughts on the importance of computer literacy, and seems to support Noah’s assertion (via edutopia) that coding is the new literacy.
As an aside, this feels a lot like what’s happening to music as some hip-hop has redefined the musician as someone who combines complex molecules of existing music rather than knowing how to make [...]

Can’t make more people? Make Robots.

I’ve been reading a lot about how both China and Japan are having issues with their population. I think they are both incredible circumstances that highlight what is sure to be a more regular pattern of societies having to deal with the realities of a world forever changed by human civilization, population growth, technology, and [...]

The 20th Century Anomaly

Marketing music in a crazy, mixed-up, digital world.

After spending the past few years developing marketing strategy, I’ve recently gotten back into my original passion: making music. And ironically, being in a band again has reminded me of how I became interested in marketing strategy in the first place.
Marketing a band has always been a difficult thing. From thinking of a name that’s [...]

Economic indicator: What’s NOT on sale.

What does it mean when it becomes more efficient to just put signage on the things that aren’t on sale?

Perfection and moving on from the 20th Century Anomaly

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the idea of perfection. People strive for it, beat themselves up to attain it, and then beat themselves up when they fail to get there. Luxury brands like Lexus like to use the idea of perfection as a part of their product and marketing philosophy. Kids all strive [...]

The Kids in the Hall predict the financial crisis

Gamer Faces

This is a video that Robbie Cooper created for the New York Times that is kind of an art piece, I suppose, showcasing the faces of kids as they play (incredibly violent from the sounds of it) video games.
First of all, from a sociological perspective, when you take the video game sounds out of context [...]