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The Guggenheim now has over 200 art books available for free

Byryan May 22, 2017May 24, 2017

Too stingy for expensive art books? The Guggenheim has you covered. Since 2012, the museum has been slowly digitizing its collection of monographs, catalogs, and other art books. Now, it’s up to 205 books, all available to download for free from the Internet Archive, as Vice’s Creators reports.

Source: You Can Download 200 Art Books Free From the Guggenheim | Mental Floss

The collection is at the Internet Archive. From a cursory exploration, there looks to be enough materials to keep anyone interested in art busy for years!

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Google Apps update alerts: Powering a more connected and collaborative enterprise

Byryan June 16, 2016June 15, 2016

We’ve been previewing Google Springboard and the new Google Sites with a small set of customers, and we’re excited to begin to extend each of these new apps to more customers through an Early Adopter Program. Source: Google Apps update alerts: Powering a more connected and collaborative enterprise Google Springboard sounds like Google Now, except…

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Another look at creating vs consuming on mobile

Byryan August 8, 2017August 9, 2017

There are two pretty basic problems with this line of thinking. First, the idea that you cannot create on a smartphone or tablet assumes both that the software on the new device doesn’t change and that the nature of the work won’t change. Neither are good assumptions. You begin by making the new tool fit the…

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Reading science fiction and fantasy may help students cope

Byryan May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Young people who are “hooked” on watching fantasy or reading science fiction may be on to something. Contrary to a common misperception that reading this genre is an unworthy practice, reading science fiction and fantasy may help young people cope, especially with the stress and anxiety of living through the COVID-19 pandemic. Source: Science fiction…

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Tech companies are starting to look beyond the four-year degree

Byryan April 21, 2017April 18, 2017

The technology industry is now trying to figure out a way to attack its cultural and demographic homogeneity issues. One simple initiative is to begin to recruit talent from people outside of its preferred networks. One way is to extend their recruiting efforts to people who don’t have four-year degrees. Source: Why More Tech Companies Are…

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The truth of creativity

Byryan January 5, 2017January 11, 2017

Humanity has revered creativity throughout time, from the ancient Greeks to modern-day painters, poets, and web designers. It’s one of those ineffable things that’s extremely hard to define but you absolutely know it when you see it. It’s also the driving force for so many of us, to the point where we’ve created an entire…

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