Linkpile

• Constriction to force ourselves to create: Jack White: “Only having red, white and black colors on any of the artwork or presentation of aesthetics of the band, guitar drums and vocals, storytelling melody and rhythm, revolving all these things around the number three, all these components force us to create.” Related post on rules, creativity, and book cover design, here.
• Monocle magazine funds foreign bureau on sales of tote bags: How did I miss this?
• What’s a YouTube phenomenon worth?: David after Dentist guy: “We’ve made in excess of $100,000. Significantly over that, you know, low six figures.”
• Luce and Time vs. Harold Ross and The New Yorker: Excellent piece by Jill Lepore, who is becoming one of my favorite writers.
• Web Coupons Tell Stores More Than You Realize: “While the coupons look standard, their bar codes can be loaded with a startling amount of data, including identification about the customer, Internet address, Facebook page information and even the search terms the customer used to find the coupon in the first place.”
• I Am Not An Artist: “An animated gif paranoia about nonstop design workers.” Pretty spectacular.

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