I know, I know… I shouldn’t have started this article with such a catchy title. I should have gone with “Fruit Madness”, “This is Sparta, Fruit” or maybe “Return of the Fruit”. But making juice is like listening to the summer hit. I don’t know what this summer hit is, but now I know how to make juice.
A few years ago when I begun writing on a Romanian blog I got people telling me to write more. I perfectly understood why, but I never understood when as in how much. This got me thinking lately.
I am a very complicated man, I change my mind every now and then. A few months ago I bought a new domain: friskr.com. The idea was to create a brand new web application where people can upload only black and white photography. The plan was to also build an iPhone app that will let you create dramatic grey scaled photos.
When you see her on the subway you think she is the only one that can make you happy. You’re far from truth, even her eyes tell you different. It feels like you lost a game that you never could have won. Suddenly, it is wrong to want her. You just have to let it go.
Back in October last year I received an email from Jon Hicks asking me about the Peculiar icon project. It was a surreal moment for me, since one of my favorite designers was asking me about a project of mine.
Back in 2009 I wanted to make a change in the way I use social networks. I simply disconnected from everything. It was a good thing to do because I managed to spare myself some time, otherwise it could be wasted on stalking pretty girls on Facebook. I’m joking, of course. No, I probably didn’t joke, but I’m sure you’ll get the idea.
Can you choose what to do? I bet you do. We live in a world where the only way forward is to make choices. Letting others make the choices for us is a step backward.
Today, air planes won’t fall from the sky. Today is Romania’s National Day. The picture was taken at the parade. The push of a button makes you realize that you can save the joy, the excitement, the dreams of all people that are watching the event. Then you go home and feel lonely, insignificant, like nothing ever happen. The only thing you got is the moment you saved, the picture that lives in your mind, a memory that fades away slowly.
I am starting to see a lot of motivational and futuristic videos lately. They promote technology as the core of advancing society and it almost made me cry to see how untrue this is. Just watch Networked Society’s On the Brink or Microsoft’s Productivity Future Vision then wait a minute and think about. Is this what we really want from our future?
I think I did the same mistake, again. Rewind. It all started back in 2006 when for no reason I wanted a cell phone with a good camera, so I can always have it with me. I got a Sony Ericsson K800i which was the first phone branded Cyber-shot, the leading compact camera brand from Sony. It was quite annoying at first for others to see my crappy photos taken with a cell phone on Flickr. Everything got better over time, I started to get that desire that drives you to get the perfect shot, no matter the camera, lens or lighting. In the end, I think I got a few decent shots for a phone. The need for a real camera was driving me crazy for a few years. Finally, I gave up after Nikon announced its last P-series cameras. The Coolpix P300 was looking so good that I couldn’t help myself not buy it.