Cult of the Done Manifesto

Posted: May 13th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , | Comments Off on Cult of the Done Manifesto

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This from Bre Pettis’ blog I Make Things. You may know him from Make Magazine’s Video Podcasts. It’s a very accurate representation of how to make things – anything. James Provost designed the incredible poster.

The Cult of Done Manifesto
1. There are three states of being. Not knowing, action and completion.
2. Accept that everything is a draft. It helps to get it done.
3. There is no editing stage.
4. Pretending you know what you’re doing is almost the same as knowing what you are doing, so just accept that you know what you’re doing even if you don’t and do it.
5. Banish procrastination. If you wait more than a week to get an idea done, abandon it.
6. The point of being done is not to finish but to get other things done.
7. Once you’re done you can throw it away.
8. Laugh at perfection. It’s boring and keeps you from being done.
9. People without dirty hands are wrong. Doing something makes you right.
10. Failure counts as done. So do mistakes.
11. Destruction is a variant of done.
12. If you have an idea and publish it on the internet, that counts as a ghost of done.
13. Done is the engine of more.


Prototype this!

Posted: January 11th, 2009 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , | Comments Off on Prototype this!

Okay. This Discovery Channel show is my new favorite – these guys are terriffic. Here’s a little clip.

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David Bryrne’s Building

Posted: September 12th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on David Bryrne’s Building

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What is there to Say? very impressive. Even more so when you see it up close.

Oh…. What’s that… you don’t know what this is? Well its an “organ” installed in the Maritime building down in southern Manhattan, way down there at the tip. Mr. Byrne’s installed Pipe “flutes” in the building and rigged solenoids to knock & vibrate the building in key locations. Not just cool concept, It actually sounded good in the right hands.


Iphone controls an R/C Car

Posted: September 12th, 2008 | Author: | Filed under: Blog | Tags: , , | Comments Off on Iphone controls an R/C Car

Pretty cool to see this iphone control an RC Car. Uses Max/SP and an Arduino. Not sure how the link is made though… Check it out here