Digital Ephemera & General Thinking http://www.mastfinn.com Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:02:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 A neologism http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=39 http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=39#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:53:55 +0000 admin http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=39 Costner (noun) An entrepreneur who thinks that just because he built a product, customers will come.

]]> http://www.mastfinn.com/?feed=rss2&p=39 0 Dieter Rams’ ten principles to “good design” http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=34 http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=34#comments Wed, 21 Sep 2011 21:11:56 +0000 admin http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=34 Dieter Rams’ ten principles to “good design”

  1. Good design is innovative
  2. Good design makes a product useful
  3. Good design is aesthetic
  4. Good design helps us to understand a product
  5. Good design is unobtrusive
  6. Good design is honest
  7. Good design is long-lasting
  8. Good design is consequent to the last detail
  9. Good design is concerned with the environment
  10. Good design is as little design as possible

 

via http://yatzer.com/as-little-design-as-possible-dieter-rams

]]> http://www.mastfinn.com/?feed=rss2&p=34 0 General Thinking http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=12 http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=12#comments Mon, 19 Sep 2011 17:41:29 +0000 admin http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=12 Sir Francis Bacon –  ”I have taken all knowledge to be my province.”

I feel very much the same.  I find myself fascinated by almost any topic, and love to learn new things.  On twitter (@jmfinn) you will find me posting, commenting, and following all sorts of topics:  healthcare (I am a cancer survivor, and loathe our current insurance system which rewards quantity of care over quality), games/gamification (life should be fun, play!), marketing, start-ups, entrepreneurism books, language, film, economics, politics, food and the food system, cities and regional planning, and many, many, more.  (Subjects I have omitted, please don’t feel slighted, there are just too many of you to name.)

I find and take inspiration from all areas, and try to apply to these ideas to my current projects as well as future projects.

]]> http://www.mastfinn.com/?feed=rss2&p=12 0 12 Months, 12 Collaborations (1) http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=15 http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=15#comments Sat, 17 Sep 2011 18:38:55 +0000 admin http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=15 I’m setting a personal goal to undertake twelve collaborative projects in the next twelve months.  What form these might take; personal, professional or civic/community oriented, and with whom have yet to be determined.  The timeline, other than the twelve months, is also open.  One a month?  Or perhaps several at a time?  The only stipulation is that I want them to positively impact both me, and those around me.  I want them to have a happiness multiplier effect,  make the world a little better, and make a few more people smile a bit more often.

I am already involved in one, and have three others in the works, so that leaves 8 to go.  I am actively, and passively, seeking partners for these, so if you’re interested in doing something together, please reach out to me here.  Updates as I plan, start, and finish these collaborations to follow.

]]> http://www.mastfinn.com/?feed=rss2&p=15 0 Stay tuned! http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=1 http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=1#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 18:17:26 +0000 admin http://www.mastfinn.com/?p=1 A work in progress; this page and my life.

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