Serve The IdeaTumblr (3.0; @brannonmcallister)http://brannonmcallister.com/“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had and synthesize new things. And the reason they were able to do that was that they’ve had more experiences or they have thought more about their experiences than other people. Unfortunately, that’s too rare a commodity. A lot of people in our industry haven’t had very diverse experiences. So they don’t have enough dots to connect, and they end up with very linear solutions without a broad perspective on the problem. The broader one’s understanding of the human experience, the better design we will have.”<br/><br/> - <em><p><strong>Steve Jobs</strong> in a 1995 <em>Wired </em>interview, one of 200 profound, inspirational, insightful quotes in <em><a href="http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2011/10/20/i-steve-steve-jobs-in-his-own-words/" target="_blank">I, Steve: Steve Jobs in His Own Words</a></em> (via <a href="http://curiositycounts.com/" target="_blank">curiositycounts</a>)</p> <p>Does not having any humanly dots to connect beyond the confines of your own privilege explain the idiocy of <a href="http://www.betabeat.com/2011/10/20/new-york-startup-world-thinks-occupy-wall-street-has-a-bad-pitch/" target="_blank">most of the people quoted in this article</a>?</p> <p>(via <a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://meaghano.com/" target="_blank">meaghano</a>)</p></em>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/13592935902http://brannonmcallister.com/post/13592935902Thu, 01 Dec 2011 11:41:23 -0500<a href="http://derekwebb.tumblr.com/post/13503899950/giving-it-away-how-free-music-makes-more-than-sense">Giving it Away: How Free Music Makes More Than Sense</a>: <p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://derekwebb.tumblr.com/post/13503899950/giving-it-away-how-free-music-makes-more-than-sense" target="_blank">derekwebb</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p class="BodyA">Music matters.<span> </span>It’s so integral and pervasive in our culture that it almost feels invisible.<span> </span>It’s even hard to imagine walking into almost any store without hearing music overhead.<span> </span>Culture provides a constant soundtrack to our lives.<span> </span>So it’s no wonder there’s so much discussion and debate…</p> </blockquote>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/13529777154http://brannonmcallister.com/post/13529777154Tue, 29 Nov 2011 22:13:10 -0500<a href="http://mattshampine.tumblr.com/post/8917931636/five-months-at-wework-labs">Matt Shampine: Five months at WeWork Labs</a>: <p><a href="http://mattshampine.tumblr.com/post/8917931636/five-months-at-wework-labs" target="_blank">mattshampine</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpxnxqUSox1qdwlmq.jpg"/></span></p> <p><a title="WeWork Labs" href="http://weworklabs.com/" target="_blank">WeWork Labs</a> is approaching its five month anniversary, so I thought it’d be fun to take a moment and look back.</p> <p>For those who don’t know about WeWork Labs, it is an incubator/accelerator/co-working hybrid that Adam, Jesse, and I co-founded in April because of a need that we saw for early…</p> </blockquote>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/8966124804http://brannonmcallister.com/post/8966124804Mon, 15 Aug 2011 17:23:10 -0400weworklabs<a href="http://mikeyanderson.com/post/8693878901">The hard lesson of being slow to ship</a>: <p><a href="http://mikeyanderson.com/post/8693878901" target="_blank">mikeanderson</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><img src="http://dl.dropbox.com/u/321781/Tumblr/bell.jpg"/></p> <p class="intro">On the afternoon of February 14, 1876 a man named Elisha Gray filed a patent caveat for the technology that we now call the telephone. In his laboratory on the outskirts of Chicago Elisha Gray had been working for at least a year on his idea.</p> <h3>Unfortunately for Gray…</h3> <p>The morning of that very…</p> </blockquote>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/8694042464http://brannonmcallister.com/post/8694042464Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:06:07 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lodz81z6eX1qz6f9yo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://thisisnthappiness.com/post/7656941713" target="_blank">nevver</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.someecards.com" target="_blank">+1</a></p> </blockquote>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/7699271577http://brannonmcallister.com/post/7699271577Sat, 16 Jul 2011 17:10:55 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmuswu4qu21qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at WeWork SoHo</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6568041034http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6568041034Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:53:18 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmotfwgpCJ1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a></p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6457921007http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6457921007Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:19:09 -0400<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lmmw9jNYuf1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at McCarren Park</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6421765262http://brannonmcallister.com/post/6421765262Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:24:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkydfiG0Jj1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Son of a Gun musical (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Joe’s Pub)</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5345180644http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5345180644Mon, 09 May 2011 20:02:05 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lky4j6GBZv1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amazingly cute dog that runs around our office (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5339752299http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5339752299Mon, 09 May 2011 16:49:55 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lknb2jnw5O1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Instagram of Scott Belsky instagramming (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Behance)</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5175768450http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5175768450Tue, 03 May 2011 20:37:31 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkn7y7IvIi1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Behance</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5173550329http://brannonmcallister.com/post/5173550329Tue, 03 May 2011 19:30:07 -0400<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lkbclx0o2v1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Great find for morning coffee (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Café Select)</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4983993447http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4983993447Wed, 27 Apr 2011 09:39:34 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ljcuh0AKxf1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at New York Academy of Sciences</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4450200862http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4450200862Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:29:26 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lizxcirVbF1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Verrazano-Narrows Bridge</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4268196811http://brannonmcallister.com/post/4268196811Fri, 01 Apr 2011 23:02:45 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_li9fz9LX3u1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Ever heard about the ghost bikes in NYC? (Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">instagram</a>)</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3941444627http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3941444627Fri, 18 Mar 2011 15:49:58 -0400<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://assets.tumblr.com/swf/audio_player_black.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/3679034613/tumblr_lhn2ywIX6T1qz9gix&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best" wmode="opaque"></embed><br/><br/><p>Last night I had the privilege of catching the last few sessions of International Arts Movement’s <a href="http://iamencounter.com/" target="_blank">IAM Encounter</a> conference. After the last interview session with poet <a href="http://www.danagioia.net/" target="_blank">Dana Gioia</a>, Zach Williams came to the stage played a short set of 5 or 6 songs with his new band, <a href="http://www.zachwilliams.com/" target="_blank">Zach Williams and the Bellow</a>. The show was nothing short of magic. I haven’t heard a new band with this kind of potential since, well, <a href="http://thecivilwars.com/" target="_blank">The Civil Wars</a>. Take a listen to some rough audio I captured from the <em>very back row</em> of the TriBeCa Performing Arts Center.</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3679034613http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3679034613Sun, 06 Mar 2011 09:01:44 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhi52gL95S1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Financial District</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3626351873http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3626351873Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:59:06 -0500<a href="http://kck.st/fSeL3B">Kickstarter - LetterMpress: A Virtual Letterpress on Your iPad</a>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3582807026http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3582807026Tue, 01 Mar 2011 10:10:28 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lhaxraTbLl1qz9gixo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Taken with <a href="http://instagr.am" target="_blank">Instagram</a> at Motorino Pizzeria Napoletana Brooklyn</p>http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3554276278http://brannonmcallister.com/post/3554276278Sun, 27 Feb 2011 23:38:00 -0500