Jeffrey C. Long

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Entries Tagged as 'Creativity'

Throwing it all away

October 27th, 2006 · No Comments

One of my latest pleasures in life has been throwing CD’s away. Yes you heard correctly. Throwing CD’s away. I don’t mean purchased CD’s. Burned CD’s. When my iPod’s battery died I had to move to the car CD player as the best place to listen to my podcasts. […]

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Tags: Creativity · Culture · Stories about Life

Impressionism

February 10th, 2006 · No Comments

I am wanting to begin sharing some of the art that inspires me. I’m still trying to figure out how to do it… I asked someone yesterday how you describe instrumental music in a blog entry. She didn’t have a clue. I think I’m going to try making a “mix tape” of […]

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Tags: Creativity · Music

Cruft

December 2nd, 2005 · 2 Comments

Imagine my excitement when I discovered that I hadn’t made up one of my favorite made-up words: Cruft. Merlin Mann of 43folders.com had used it in reference to the Mac launcher extraordinaire Quicksilver:

It helps you minimize annoying distractions that add cruft to your day by causing a modal shift.

I’ll leave the definition up […]

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Tags: Creativity · Culture