One Sharpie, One Wall - A Music Video

Nancy White pointed us to this awesome video.  From what I gather, it's a music video for the band Field Music.  Impressive. Maybe one day I'll have such mad skillz with the sharpie.

Super Simple vs. Needlessly Complex

Super Simple:

This is called the Q-drum and it's built for transporting 20 gallons of water - something that millions do everyday. Super simple indeed.

You can read more in the New York Times article Design that Solves Problems for the Worlds Poor. I first heard about the Q-drum from Darren Barefoot.

Needlessly Complex:

Beijing Traffic - Explained on Paper

My friend Johnny Klein pointed me to an fun and funny explanation of how traffic works, (or not) in Beijing, China. It's by Henry B and presented in multiple photos of drawings on paper, which work really well to get the point across.

Here's one of the simple-but-effective diagrams, followed by the caption.

My Personal Life Stream on Tumblr

For a while now I've been fascinated by the idea of creating a single place (other than Facebook) that brings together all the things I do on the Web. That is why I created the zeitgeist page here on Common Craft - to have that single place to bring it together. At the same time, I've had a blog at leelefever.com that has become a pain to keep updated - I needed a replacement.

The Weblog Elevator Pitch- One Year Later

It was one year ago that I won my first contest as a writer. The challenge was to create the "perfect corporate weblog elevator pitch". It was put on by the folks at Weblogs Inc. via the Social Software Weblog and Judith Meskill.