Money can buy you anything

Appreciate architecture? Visit the Vancouverism show in the foyer of the new Woodwards bldg. Beautiful & inspiring work. (Link)

SuperPower: Visualising the internet. (Link)

Boys and their toys. (Link)

Beautiful packaging, it's simple and does a great job showcasing the product. (Link)

Have we mentioned that @LikemindVan has a group page on LinkedIn too? (Link)

RT @gdcbc: To honour fallen designer Leo Obstbaum, please contribute to Emily Carr's Memorial Award in his name: (Link)

RT @gdcbc: CBC's tribute to Leo Obstbaum, deceased designer responsible for the 'look' of the #Vancouver2010 #Olympics: (Link)

RT @MarkBusse: People often say I have a big head, but that's hogwash. This photo proves my head is just right: (Link)

Love this diagram of the creative process as a continuum from research (uncertainty) to design (clarity). (Link)

Our newest designer Dana is awesome. You should hear her talk to marketing people when they call. Don't mess with the Dana.

This is the best Olympic training video I have seen to date ;-) (Link)

Missed what it was like to be in Vancouver when Crosby scored the winning goal this weekend? Watch (and listen) to THIS! (Link)

Google acquires Picnik, thus expanding it's dominance in the cloud computing domain. Who needs PhotoShop anymore! (Link)

RT @MarkBusse: @TimeFox is now on Twitter and has released an iPhone app! I just updated some projects hours I forgot to log. #productivity

RT @MarkBusse: How do you define professional success? For me, it has to be working with people that feel more like family than employee ...

Dubai. I have a strange fascination with Dubai, I would love to visit the city that seems to change substantially every few years.

You live in a hot climate but like to ski – build ‘Ski Dubai’

If you like to go to Disney land but don’t want to travel as far – build ‘Dubailand’

6 star luxury hotels don’t quite cut it for you anymore – build the worlds only seven star hotel

A regular ‘nature made’ island is not quite the shape you are after – build your own

Jake (October 30th, 2008)

Been there a couple times. If you like a society that’s totally geared towards money, shopping and excess then you’ll like it. Total drag for me – soulless, commercial and becoming an environmental mess as nothing about it is sustainable. Given that they sit on the oil though, perhaps they’ll be the only ones with the lights on a generation from now.
willwindow (November 1st, 2008)

I agree with Jake. There is something ’soulless’ about hyperreality. But it is astonishing what money can buy, and more than just material things. Check out a list here: http://happymortal.com/2008/10/what-money-can-buy/