From the category archives:
I recently discovered the craigmod journal, a smallish set of well-articulated explorations on book design, photography, illustration, and interactive design. Each entry in the craigmod journal is a gem: clear writing, lots of data, thoughtful layout, and beautiful design. It’s a reminder of how wonderful a blog can be when the focus is on quality [...]
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I could sing the praises of The Frye Art Museum until the end of time. After all, who can argue with the power of free – especially when you’re talking about a wonderful collection of art and the outstanding rotating exhibitions (see “The Old, Weird America: Folk Themes in Contemporary Art”) that come through the [...]
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According to a blog at the Seattle P-I, Jonathan Borofsky’s “Hammering Man,” beloved art icon owned by the City of Seattle, and the logo-sake of this very blog, has had to have his arm removed for repairs.
The Seattle Office of Arts and Cultural Affairs has posted that they believe the sculpture will have his [...]
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It’s been a busy few days at TPN and I apologize for the recent lack of postings. Rest assured, there is some good stuff coming for you shortly. So what’s been happening? I’m glad you asked.
As some of you may have read in my twitter feed, I had some issue migrating the blog over [...]
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I paid Logo Design Guru to develop a logo for this site. I told them that the site was for “Passionate discussion about the art, literature, technology and culture from the Pacific Northwest.” Knowing that the goal is to build a site that we can all communicate our appreciation for all aspects of artistic endeavor, [...]
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I’ve been participating in the Infinite Summer project since it began back in June. The project brought together tons of people around the world to read Infinite Jest throughout the summer and then more recently read Dracula during the month of October.
I’ve been hosting bi-weekly Seattle area meetups throughout the online reading projects and [...]
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Danny Sullivan of Search Engine Land has a candid and lengthy interview with Eric Schmidt on the future of newspapers and journalism, along with clarification of Google’s interest in the discussion. It’s a really well-done and thoughtful interview that is well worth your time and may surprise you on many fronts.
I was especially intrigued [...]
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As some of you know, I own a piece of mountain property in the hills above Walla Walla that we use for camping. The property overlooks the Walla Walla valley and consists of an excavated flat spot, driveway, shed and fire pit – that’s it. The remoteness of the property and the fact that we [...]
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Lately, in strident conversations with friends, I’ve noticed myself returning to a particular viewpoint. For ease of use, let’s call it the “imagine everyone lived that way” view. When my friends discuss locavorism or transportation one of the first things I try to do do is scale the conversation to infinite participants and see where [...]
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