Tarantino, Passion and Creativity

Creativity Central has a great article on how passion for something fuels creativity.  Tarantino is an especially current example, but look at the creative geniuses of history.  Are there any here who didn’t have a burning passion for what they were doing? For example:

Picasso
Mozart
Beethoven
Pollock
etc.?

And aren’t periods of low productivity the same as those where passion is [...]

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New article from Mr. Supernatural, Peter Lloyd

In his latest article for Idea Connection, Peter explores the nature of museums and creativity, if the twain ever meets, and treats us to a visit to his “friendly neighborhood sculptor”.

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Peter Lloyd stole our name!

Well, not really.  But he DID write a great article at Idea Connection discussing the concept of “creative license” and why it’s a license to experiment but not a license to do shoddy work.  He was even nice enough to mention our podcast!

Check out this fascinating piece (and many others) here.

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Glow as you go! LED Lights embedded in a toilet seat.

Talk about flashy!. This luminous toilet seat is pretty interesting, and I can even see something of a safety advantage to it, but it is funny, at the same time.

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Google Goggles Video

This isn’t a tech blog or podcast, but the creativity that comes from the people at Google is so impressive sometimes, I thought this ought to be included here.  Cali Lewis has the video demo of Google Goggles, an app that could be a real game changer in the world of cell phones.

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Ridiculous User Interfaces In Film, and the Man Who Designs Them – Fake user interfaces – Gizmodo

This is fascinating. Be sure to look at the video that’s down the page a bit, too. I am always laughing at the impossible technology on a lot of TV shows and movies, but this article explains why they’re the way they are.

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Girl Brain, Boy Brain?: Scientific American

Girl Brain, Boy Brain?: Scientific American.

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