Young Me / Now Me
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Funny, Internet / Blogs
Young Me, Now Me is the brainchild of Ze Frank. Users duplicate a picture of themselves from when they were younger with the same pose, resulting in the current “me” by the child “me.”
Worth 1000 Words
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Magazines, Politics
I can’t remember the last time I saw a major magazine run a cover with absolutely no blurbs. Brilliant.
The Big 3-0.
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Other
Author Madeleine L’Engle once said “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” As I continue into another decade of my life today, I’ve been reflecting back on the tons of amazing memories I have had so far, and wanted to thank all of the the unbelievable people that have shared those memories with me.
Since I was young, my parents have always encouraged me to set goals. In commemoration of today, I thought it would be fun to share a snippet of the ever-growing list I started many years ago. Below is a random sampling of thirty goals that I have had the chance of seeing come true in the first three decades of my life:
- Marry my sweetheart (… number one for many reasons)
- Climb a mountain
- Record and produce an album
- Walk on the Great Wall of China
- Drive a limousine
- Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef
- See paintings by Monet, Rembrant, Da Vinci and Renoir in person
- Own a custom tailored suit
- Spend two nights at Mount Everest Base Camp
- See U2, Coldplay and Stevie Wonder in concert
- Learn to speak another language
- See the Opera House in Sydney, Australia
- Have a photograph and a writing published
- Motorcycle through Thailand
- See the Moreno Glacier in Patagonia
- See a professional sporting event from a skybox
- Mountain Bike down the World’s Most Dangerous Road
- Build a piece of furniture from scratch
- See the Taj Majal
- Drive the Pacific Coast Highway
- See the Eiffel Tower
- Learn to write Japanese Calligraphy
- Base jump off of the 1,076 foot Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand
- Stay at L’Abri in Switzerland
- Learn how to eat a formal meal from a professional
- See the giant sequoias in California
- Receive a master’s degree
- See the Grand Canyon
- Start my own company
- See the ruins at Machu Picchu
The Best Advice I Ever Got
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Wisdom
Fortune has a great article on accomplished people (such as the CEO’s of Google and Pepsi) talking about the advice that most influenced their lives. I like what Sam Palmisano, the chairman and CEO of IBM had to say. Falls right in line with one of my favorite books.
I’ve noticed that some of the most effective leaders don’t make themselves the center of attention. They are respectful. They listen. This is an appealing personal quality, but it’s also an effective leadership attribute. Their selflessness makes the people around them comfortable. People open up, speak up, contribute. They give those leaders their very best.
Clever Ad
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Advertising
This amusing “backwards” advertisement for an insurance company was recently seen on the back of buses in Amsterdam.
Logo Mashups
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Branding
Brazilian designer Mario Amaya has come up with a fun series of logo mashups, many which are very convincing.
Annual “Life” Reports
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Branding, Information Design
NYC designer Nicolas Feltron has become infamous for his incredibly well designed annual reports based around his life. Although these reports give a whole new meaning to obsessive compulsive, you’ve got to give it to this guy for his unbelievable documentation. Here are the 2005 and 2006 additions as well.
Dubai Opera House
Posted by Lee Steffen | Filed under Architecture, Ideas
Zaha Hadid Architects have proposed this beautiful dune-shaped opera house and cultural center for Dubai.
