Monthly Archives: June 2010

Out now Lens Culture, volume 26: remarkable contemporary photography from around the world

Lens Culture, volume 26: remarkable contemporary photography from around the world – lens culture photography weblog.

Volume 26 of Lens Culture is online now. As always, it’s filled with a wonderful and eclectic mix of contemporary photography from around the globe.

Photographers whose work appears in this new issue include:

Pierre Torset, Charlie Ferguson, Tamas Paczai, Allen Ginsberg, Lennart Nilsson, Vee Speers, Marie Docher, Andrzej Mitura, Tony Ray-Jones, Massimiliano Clausi, Judit M. Horvath and Gyorgy Stalter, Jim Vecchi, Matt Lutton, Carolle Benitah, Michael Christopher Brown, Margaret M. de Lange, Franco Pagetti, Lucie and Simon, Marcos Lopez, Antonio Martinez, Annie Liebovitz, and Joel-Peter Witkin.

Plus you can enjoy a high-resolution slideshow of 40 preview picks from the

To be continued at http://www.lensculture.com/webloglc/mt_files/archives/2010/06/volume-26.html

/R E P E A T — How has photography shaped contemporary society?/ (newswire.ca)
Inside Allen Ginsberg’s Photo Diary (tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com)
The Tate loses its moral compass (independent.co.uk)
Through Allen Ginsberg’s Lens: Beat Life in the 1950s (blogs.wsj.com)
4 photographers make Grange Prize short list (cbc.ca)
I want to ooh and ahh at pictures all day (ask.metafilter.com)
How has photography shaped contemporary society? (newswire.ca)

Posted in Vision, visionaries, vision things, trends

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Tags: Arts and Entertainment, Photographers, Photography

Recommended book review @Blogging Innovation » Rational Optimism

Jun 21

Posted by fredzimny

Ridley’s key concept is gains from exchange, which make possible gains from specialization, which in turn make possible technological innovation. Gains from exchange and specialization certainly rank up there with the most important economic ideas of all time. Great to realize and a big idea to apply on the personal, professional or team level.

Found at Blogging Innovation » Rational Optimism.

How about this for a view of the future?

Prosperity spreads, technology progresses, poverty declines, disease retreats, fecundity falls, happiness increases, violence atrophies, freedom grows, knowledge flourishes, the environment improves and wilderness expands.

According to scientist and author, Matt Ridley, this is what we can expect from the future based on a reasonable reading of human progress starting with the Stone Age.

Radical optimism? Yep and rational too. This is the world-view laid out in Dr Ridley’s powerful new book,The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves.

To be continued at http://www.business-strategy-innovation.com/wordpress/2010/06/rational-optimism/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+business-strategy-innovation+(Blogging+Innovation)

The Rational Optimist, By Matt Ridley Pandora’s Seed, By Spencer Wells (independent.co.uk)
Crisis Antidote – The Rational Optimist (sluggerotoole.com)
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley: review (telegraph.co.uk)
The Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves | Book review (guardian.co.uk)

Posted in Recovery and the way out of the crisis, recession and depression, Vision, visionaries, vision things, trends

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Tags: Author, Matt Ridley, Optimism, Poverty, Rational Optimist: How Prosperity Evolves, Social progress, Stone Age, Technology

Recommended at Copywrite, Ink.: Renting White Guys: The Art Of Deception

Jun 20

Posted by fredzimny

It is not about the fact that good guys do not wear white. It is about perception and how individuals, professionals and organizations have inflated to impress.

Read in this case the complete and wonder about the last sentences. They make sense. And again it is up to you.

Found at Copywrite, Ink.: Renting White Guys: The Art Of Deception.

“Bring a computer,” said Ken, a young Canadian of Taiwanese extraction, told Mitch Moxley. “You can watch movies all day.”

At least, that is how Ken described the quality control expert job to Moxley. In reality, the job was to serve as a “stand in” executive to create the illusion of a bigger international American company. The only skill set required was to look good in a suit and shake a few hands.

As good as the “Rent a White Guy” story is, the comments are amusing too. Some attribute it to the predisposed notion that all Chinese businesses are shady. Others, bemused, ask where they can apply. Most never consider that the phenomenon isn’t exclusive to China.

To be continued at http://www.richardrbecker.com/2010/06/renting-white-guys-art-of-deception.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+copywriteink+(Copywrite,+Ink.)