Exhibit 5a | Creative Disobedience

This is a new and exciting time to be a consumer. No longer do you need to drag yourself out to a store to purchase an item, or go to a travel agent to get plane tickets. Long lines and the hassle of dragging shopping bags and heavey parcels home doesn’t concern the modern consumer [...]

I just completed my meeting with the team for my project. My concepts were well received and it was a very productive meeting. We’ve narrowed down the three concepts to two, which over the next few days I am going to refine and flesh out. Then, the team will present the concepts to some focus [...]

There is an article in the NY Times today about the sudden closure of the Bellevue Art Museum in Bellevue, Washington. The board of trustees are citing financial problems and “an unclear mission and leadership conflicts”. The museum, which is less than three years old is one of an ongoing trend of Gehry type buildings [...]

One of the things that is difficult about working in the design department of a design firm is the conservative nature of the partners and employees. You wouldn’t describe accountants as creative people, at least not in the visually creative arena. They like safe design. They like design that has been done before. They like [...]

There is a hilarious article in the Post about a new trend on ebay, where you can “rent” a girlfriend for a couple of months, for a fee. While you don’t get to meet the person, you do get emails, letters, and if you’re sadistic you get to stage a really horrible breakup if you [...]

As frequent readers may know, I work in Times Square, which I hate. The crowds are horrendous, especially on Wednesdays when there are matinees on Broadway. My building is tacky and contains a Red Lobster. I work on a floor that doesn’t have windows because of the billboards outside – all in all it’s a [...]

There has been an ongoing report in the UK about the suicide death of weapons inspector David Kelly. Kelly asserted that the Prime Minister Blair’s was lying about the WMDs in Iraq. Kelly spoke to the media and then later committed suicide. In another good example (in my opinion) of good journalism, the Guardian has [...]

Cory Doctorow over at bOING bOING has a very compelling argument against Microsoft DRM music.
If I’m going to protect my investment in digital music, my best choice is clearly to invest in buying music in a format that anyone can make a player for. I should buy films, not kinetoscopes. I should buy VHS, [...]