Creative
A Q&A with Roland CEO Jun-ichi Miki on innovation, Waku Waku, and ‘sleeping musicians’
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Why designers create products that are never meant to be real
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Teens are using Google Docs as a sneaky messaging app right under their parents’ (and teachers’) noses
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Science, like art, often begins with creativity and imagination
I don’t know why it took so long to dawn on me – after 20 years of a scientific career – that what we call the “scientific method” really only refers the second half of any scientific story. It describes how we test and refine the ideas and hypotheses we have about nature ...
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Analog synths are the perfect instrument for people who took all their toys apart
The analog synth is experiencing a second golden age as more and more musicians return to the hardware that once threatened ...
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Here are the 11 female-led podcasts you should be listening to
According to a report by PwC, podcasts made well over $600 million in 2018 — and the golden age is yet to come. PwC further projects the industry's revenue will move past the nine-figure benchmark by 2022. As with any promisingly lucrative industry, it's both interesting and ...
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How to choose the right musical instrument for you
We hope we've convinced you to start playing an instrument. From traditional drumsets to playing actual lightning in a bottle, ...
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Why stressed-out STEM workers should learn to play music
You could live your life without ever playing a musical instrument, but science tells us that would make you unhappy. And ...
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Amazon just screwed over the indie filmmakers that made Prime Video great
Amazon Prime Video Direct, once a haven for independent filmmakers is now a decaying monument to what could have been after ...
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5 lessons we forgot we learned from our year-long newsletter experiment
Last week was our beloved/behated daily newsletter's first birthday. We published an article looking back at the seven things we learned from Big Spam's first year. In it, we talked about how people hate change, our Las Vegas casino aesthetic, and our favorite subject lines. As ...
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Google's Doodle contest for kids returns with $80K in prizes
Google's annual "Doodle For Google" contest for school-aged children returns with more than $80K in prizes for the winner. ...
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Design isn’t only about great ideas — it’s about finishing projects
“I’m not very good at the detailed design phase. I’m good at concepting and setting up the initial phase of the project. But when we get to the point where we need to iterate on smaller updates to the product, I’m not great.” Well, then you’re not good at doing ...
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On our obsession with design methods — and how to avoid it
A design method is simply a set of steps you can refer to, so that you don’t have to reinvent the wheel every time ...
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47 ‘non-design’ qualities every designer should have
Write clear emails Be flexible; briefs change Find problems before they occur Bring energy to the table Don’t ...
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Here’s why calendars look the way they do
What is the first image you visualize in your head when you think about a calendar? Probably a table with numbers arranged ...
