May 2012
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Offscreen review in Monocle24 (II)
In last week’s episode of Monocle24’s The Review, Steve Watson, founder of Stack Magazines, talked about Offscreen issue #1 and The Manual. Even though this is probably of more interest to me than it is to you, I like to collect reviews and mentions on this blog too. So, here’s a transcript of some of what they had to say. Download the show here and jump to minute 45 to listen...
May 27th
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May 26th
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“Before, when your shift was done, you were finished. When the inbox was empty,...”
– A wonderful post by Seth Godin about “Dancing on the edge of finished” that—I believe—all of us can relate to. (via SwissMiss)
May 25th
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Best/Worst with James Noble
What’s the best thing about your job? I love what I do. And if you are reading this, odds are you do too. Enjoying the opportunity to work on projects with as much passion and excitement as my clients. Coming up with new ways to display information across a multitude of devices. Creating designs, sketching, seeing and shaping ideas before they even exist… Brilliant. As creatives...
May 21st
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WatchWatch
In this talk by Craigmod, recorded at Build 2011, he offers a fresh look at how the physical experience of books has gone missing in digital publications. It’s quite fascinating to think that through all the new technologies available to us right now, we are basically looking for new ways to emulate the emotional value and memorable experience of their bound, analogue siblings. It’s an...
May 21st
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May 20th
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May 17th
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“Decisions are made by those who show up. Don’t ever forget that...”
– Another wonderful commencement address, this time by screenwriter and producer Aaron Sorkin. (via Wilson Minor)
May 16th
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Managing Offscreen orders
Managing incoming orders was one of the many challenges I was facing when I launched Offscreen. With the help of my developer friend Simon Watson, we just this week launched the beta of the internal order management system that will power the backend of the Offscreen website from now on. Since I like to share things that happen behind the scenes with all of you regularly, here a few of the...
May 15th
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“If we have goals and dreams and we want to do our best, and if we love people...”
– This is the take-away about “feeling regret” in a TED speech by Kathryn Schulz, author of the book “Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error”. (via Cameron Moll)
May 14th
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99% Conference Recap
Whether you are a conference person or not, the 99% Conference has an impressive line-up of better and lesser known speakers that all intrigue. If you missed the 2012 conference a couple of weeks ago in New York City (like I did), you should spend a few minutes browsing these excellent recaps of the conference. There are part 1, part 2 and part 3—all worth scanning through. One day, I will make...
May 14th
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May 10th
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May 8th
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Best/Worst with Bastian Allgeier
What’s the best thing about your job? It’s that excitement when I wake up and I already have plenty ideas in my head and I just can’t wait to start working on them. As a kid I was pretty sure that the good part of life is over, once you have to go to work every day. No more playing, no longer being free, getting up early and all those horrible things you have to do as a...
May 7th
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Offscreen review in Monocle24
After a piece in the latest Monocle Magazine, their online radio channel Monocle24 also did a short review of Offscreen. The show is called The Review with Tyler Brûlé, Sophie Grove and Simon Esterton. Amongst other things they discuss new and existing books and magazines. Offscreen, which was exhibited at the Facing Pages conference in Holland, got a short mention towards the end (around the 50...
May 6th
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A community for magazine lovers
I’m happy to write that in the month of May Offscreen is sponsoring a newly launched online community for magazine lovers: magpile.com. It’s a place to discover new magazines, keep track of your own stack and much more. As a beta-tester I’ve been in touch with Dan Rowden, the designer/developer behind the site. For the official launch I asked him a few questions on his new...
May 3rd
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Issue #2 Sponsors
As of today, all eight sponsors for the second issue of Offscreen are confirmed. I couldn’t be more happy and proud. All of these companies are services and tools I personally really wanted to be part of it. And they said “yes”. Just one more proof of how awesome our industry is. Please say hello to: Flow app envato Webfaction Campaign Monitor InVision github Typekit ...
May 3rd
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“If you want to live your life in a creative way, as an artist, you have to not...”
– Steve Jobs as quoted by Walter Isaacson.
May 2nd
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