Kaishin Chu

Systems Thinker | Strategic Problem Solver | Experience Cultivator

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Work-Smart Strategies presented by BlackBerry :: The 99 Percent

via the99percent.com Great series of tips and articles for creative people. Like their title says, Small Changes equals Big Results. We all could use some more Big Results 🙂

Fun and Visual Sticky Notes

Tetris Sticky Notes | Colossal via thisiscolossal.com  

Marvelous Translucent Animal Specimens

via laughingsquid.com Thanks to my friend Rachael for posting this, leading me to share it with you. I find function and form fascinating, and thus have always loved looking at specimens and structure combined with biology and such. The dyed colours here makes the details pop and just wow’s the viewer, enabling details to be […]

How-Tuesday: Kid-Friendly Bird Mobile on Vimeo

via vimeo.com Great little creative project to add a little nature mofif to your home : ) Fun project with kids too!

Hey Designers and Agencies, Stop Doing Spec Work! | Dave Harper Design

I had a recent experience where during the end of my pitch to a prospective client, they asked if I’d be willing to do some spec work in order to help them decide between me and the other competing agencies. I said no, explained why, and got the job a week later. To Designers Every […]

Great bird Illustration- Blogoliolio: Ghost of Gone Birds – Bishop's O' O'

via benhasapencil.blogspot.com Blogoliolio: Ghost of Gone Birds – Bishop’s O’ O’ Love the colours, composition and style of illustration.

Creative Block? Here are some tips to help get over a block by Pixel77

Lost Inspiration. Offering Reward. By Adriana In Resources On April 8, 2011· 10 Comments Whether you’re a graphic designer, a web designer, a blogger or another job that implies being creative, you have to admit that sometimes in your career you found yourself in a situation when you didn’t know what to do. That is […]

One man, 100,000 toothpicks, and 35 years: An incredible kinetic sculpture of San Francisco | Colossal

via thisiscolossal.com Wow! fantistic sculpture. Now this is where the word ‘awesome’ seems fitting.

Josh Minsky

via joshuaminsky.com I’ve heard this singer a few times over the last month while doing my grocery shopping over at Granville Island. His voice is soothing and often makes me smile and feel as if I’m in Paris or something (I haven’t been yet). Today, seeing him dressed up nicely, entertaining the throngs of people […]

The last post – Penmachine – Derek K. Miller

Here it is. I’m dead, and this is my last post to my blog. In advance, I asked that once my body finally shut down from the punishments of my cancer, then my family and friends publish this prepared message I wrote—the first part of the process of turning this from an active website to […]

How fantasitcally cool. Folded magazine issue. onlab | projects

via onlab.ch I love ingenuity that creates interactive creatively for others…. Love!

WASTE LAND – amazing looking documentary that will transform viewers

via wastelandmovie.com I cannot wait to see this. The trailer has captured me…

Emily Carr Foundation Student Show 2011

This was the first time I made it out to the ECU Foundation show, and on opening night, and I was impressed with the calibre of art with some of the students who will be going into Emily Carr fulltime. Foundation year means the students are there to explore and build a portfolio to get […]

Upload once, share everywhere « Flickr Blog

via blog.flickr.net nice to see the addition of Flickr’s sharing abilities, making it a bit more streamlined for Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr users.

10 great table lamps – Remember London tandem bicycle lamp – Accessories – Decorating & Design – Style At Home

via styleathome.com always liked translucent paper shaded lamps, esp when there is some b&w photographic or vintage sketch details to it. ideas ideas.

The Stunning 'Glass Pavilion' by Architect Steve Hermann

via home-designing.com Be still my heart. gorgeous architecture. love the clean lines and openness.

Social Media – Traffic

10 Ways To Drive Traffic To Your Blog From A Top Social Media Channel Written by jeffbullas – 16 Comments and 7 Reactions Categories: Social Media Share11 The major social media channels I participate in are Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and LinkedIn and I do have some presence on some other social media sites such […]

PhoneGap

PhoneGap is an open source implementation of open standards. That means developers and companies can use PhoneGap for mobile applications that are free, commercial, open source, or any combination of these. The PhoneGap project will always remain free and open source under an MIT license. via phonegap.com I love the spirit in which Open Source […]

water and ink

via vimeo.com wow. so beautiful. and effective too, since it’s an ad speaking to the problems with lack clean potable water for those who need it.

Handmade Portraits by The Etsy Blog

via etsy.com I am really loving the series of video portraits on artists and crafters from Etsy. They are well done and artistic in itself. Nanopod, as featured here, makes amazing metal and glass pieces, and it’s awesome to get a glimpse through her eyes and mind of where she gets her inspiration from.