Ma Hong Jie

MEMORY

• PressPausePlay

  I finally got around to watching PressPausePlay. It deals mostly about music and film, but you can see how it really applies to all media. First off, this Shirky quote is right on. Why would we ever urge anyone to pass up the chance to actively create to be passive consumers? If we discourage and [...]

• What people really want: film vs digital, longform vs shortform

  Whereas Kodak has so far failed to adapt adequately, Fujifilm has transformed itself into a solidly profitable business, with a market capitalisation, even after a rough year, of some $12.6 billion to Kodak’s $220m. Why did these two firms fare so differently? Both saw change coming. Larry Matteson, a former Kodak executive who now teaches [...]

• 

  Chris Jordan on fear, inspiration and living fully

  If you haven’t seen this interview, block out an hour and a half to see it now. I transcribed (and lightly edited) a great deal of it, because it was great (not the least because Chase Jarvis references one of my favorite Errol Morris films, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control). Originally I was just [...]

• 

  Subsidizing art, subsidizing yourself

  What is economic growth for, anyway? It’s for expanding our choices and making life better. Is it really so surprising that, as we grow wealthier as a society, more and more of our young people, when the amazing resources of the modern university are put at their disposal, choose to use them learning something satisfying [...]

• 

  down with artspeak! (or, don’t let yourself go)

  Arturo Soto There are probably more than 10,000 articles about how unwise and un-blog-attractive it is to apologize for not posting frequently enough to your blog. (“Don’t keep hamsters if you can’t remember to feed them”?) It is the blog version of saying, “I’ve really let myself go.” Supposing that I have, it seems that [...]