A collection of creative works, random thoughts and other tumblings on the internets. I often reblog posts about design, typography and web apps (but trying to do that less) var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-3989295-10’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })();Tumblr (3.0; @robjensen)http://jensenrf.com/<object width="400" height="292"><param name="movie" value="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="bgColor" value="#ffffff" /><param name="flashvars" value="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/HansRosling_2010S-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/HansRosling-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=912&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth;year=2010;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TED%40Cannes;&preAdTag=tconf.ted/embed;tile=1;sz=512x288;" /><embed src="http://video.ted.com/assets/player/swf/EmbedPlayer.swf" pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="400" height="292" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="vu=http://video.ted.com/talks/dynamic/HansRosling_2010S-medium.flv&su=http://images.ted.com/images/ted/tedindex/embed-posters/HansRosling-2010S.embed_thumbnail.jpg&vw=432&vh=240&ap=0&ti=912&introDuration=15330&adDuration=4000&postAdDuration=830&adKeys=talk=hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth;year=2010;theme=bold_predictions_stern_warnings;theme=unconventional_explanations;theme=new_on_ted_com;event=TED%40Cannes;"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Good stuff. </p> <p><a href="http://infosthetics.com/archives/2010/07/more_recent_talks_from_hans_rosling_with_original_physical_props.html" target="_blank">More Talks from Hans Rosling posted on Information Aesthetics</a></p>http://jensenrf.com/post/880297232http://jensenrf.com/post/880297232Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:46:36 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://jensenrf.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/879989988/tumblr_l6damaLSin1qz4j35&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><a href="http://bijansabet.com/post/879287457/radiohead-on-the-beach-love-this-cover" target="_blank">bijan</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><strong>Radiohead - <em>On The Beach</em></strong></p> <p>Love this cover. Original by Neil Young.</p> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/879989988http://jensenrf.com/post/879989988Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:08:55 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6awfcfut71qz4zu3o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Leo. I can’t believe how much he has grown.</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/873584663http://jensenrf.com/post/873584663Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:59:36 -0500<object width="400" height="254"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BMpQ2Ct0d34&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BMpQ2Ct0d34&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://leliabroussard.tumblr.com/post/871242510/harper-blynn-your-new-favorite-band" target="_blank">leliabroussard</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Harper Blynn. Your new favorite band. </p> </blockquote> <p>True & amazing.</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/871659125http://jensenrf.com/post/871659125Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:35:34 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l689hcRvHl1qz5ugzo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://naveen.tumblr.com/post/866810556/its-not-what-you-think-f" target="_blank">naveen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>it’s not what you think….</p> <p><a href="http://ffffound.com/image/0f1b434dfa250a9e2e8c0f1f792eac1a78a4a037" target="_blank">F</a></p> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/871552252http://jensenrf.com/post/871552252Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:03:44 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5x8wo8n0E1qzn0oco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://catrocketship.com/post/849641415/fox-ink-and-watercolor-on-acetate" target="_blank">catrocketship</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Fox. Ink and watercolor on acetate.</p> </blockquote> <p>This will be my new ipod background.</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/871161912http://jensenrf.com/post/871161912Wed, 28 Jul 2010 11:02:44 -0500<a href="http://books.alistapart.com/product/html5-for-web-designers">HTML5 For Web Designers</a>: <p><a href="http://nikf.org/post/862241726/html5-for-web-designers" target="_blank">nikf</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Over the weekend I sat down to read <a href="http://www.adactio.com" target="_blank">Jeremy’s</a> new HTML5 book. It’s short, sweet and beautifully designed. If you’re looking for the a coffee table book for the basics of HTML5, this is a great read.</p> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/870808129http://jensenrf.com/post/870808129Wed, 28 Jul 2010 09:00:43 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l63ltpE9ZZ1qz6pqio1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://naveen.tumblr.com/post/857789374/dpstyles-best-startup-advice-ever-btw-applies" target="_blank">naveen</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://dpstyles.tumblr.com/post/856738808/best-startup-advice-ever-btw-applies-to-grad" target="_blank">dpstyles</a>:</p> <blockquote>Best startup advice ever btw. (applies to grad school projects too) <p><a href="http://startupquote.com/post/855482768" target="_blank">startupquote</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>If you are not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late.</p> <p>- Reid Hoffman</p> </blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/867740887http://jensenrf.com/post/867740887Tue, 27 Jul 2010 17:07:44 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zvv6D2fu1qa6ke2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://datavis.tumblr.com/post/852042158/what-are-infovis-and-datavis-about-by-visup-srl" target="_blank">datavis</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/visupsrl/4771159117/sizes/l/in/photostream/" target="_blank">What are Infovis and Datavis about?</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/visupsrl" target="_blank">VISup srl</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/867300244http://jensenrf.com/post/867300244Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:06:51 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="300"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=12257395&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/12257395" target="_blank">Headdress painting time lapse</a></p>http://jensenrf.com/post/866999706http://jensenrf.com/post/866999706Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:42:38 -0500<object width="400" height="251"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/AKlucE-5nIM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/AKlucE-5nIM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="251" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKlucE-5nIM&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Best celebration ever in football</a></p> <p>win!</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/866614021http://jensenrf.com/post/866614021Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:48:25 -0500<a href="http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/25/arianna-s-answer.html">Has Arianna Huffington Figured Out the Future? - Newsweek</a>: <p><a href="http://parislemon.com/post/865002446/has-arianna-huffington-figured-out-the-future" target="_blank">parislemon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <p>She’s proud of HuffPo’s original journalism, and her explanation for the site’s success is that from the start it went after news with a passion and a point of view—there was no pretending to be neutral or unbiased.</p> </blockquote> <p>Amen.</p> </blockquote>http://jensenrf.com/post/866050567http://jensenrf.com/post/866050567Tue, 27 Jul 2010 08:38:24 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l674tmOEC41qz4zu3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jpwain/great-icons-for-iphone-4-apps" target="_blank">Great icons for iPhone 4 apps by Joseph Wain — Kickstarter</a></p> <p>I love that this happened. Great support for this project (over 16k raised out of a goal of 2k). Perfect reward and high demand. Everyone wins.</p> <p>10 days to go as of this post so still time to back and get in on the Glyphish 2x size reward.</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/864154390http://jensenrf.com/post/864154390Mon, 26 Jul 2010 22:10:34 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" width="400" height="270"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="clip_id=3818739&color=00adef&fullscreen=1&server=vimeo.com&show_byline=1&show_portrait=1&show_title=1" /></object><br/><br/><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/3818739" target="_blank">Flowcapping: Golden Parachutes</a> (by <a href="http://vimeo.com/user1464144" target="_blank">Jess Bachman</a>)</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/863604769http://jensenrf.com/post/863604769Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:45:07 -0500“In the meantime, let’s focus on those things that we can control … taking care of customers.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>This was the closer for an email I received today at work. Right before the general thank you statements.</p> <p>Its uncharacteristic for me to post work emails like this but I really appreciated this note. My company is going through a lot of changes and the reminder to focus on things that matter in the now is a good one. There are a lot of people who worry and stress out about things. Do what you know I guess… but if you are going to worry at least let it be about things that we can act on.  </p></em>http://jensenrf.com/post/862058920http://jensenrf.com/post/862058920Mon, 26 Jul 2010 12:30:53 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l63m5dbuIw1qz4xhwo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://hitenshah.name/post/855509862/via-uxmovement-com" target="_blank">hiten</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>via <a href="http://uxmovement.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/minimalist1.png" target="_blank">uxmovement.com</a></p> </blockquote> <p>Minimalism is very interesting to me. I would like to try.</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/861587892http://jensenrf.com/post/861587892Mon, 26 Jul 2010 09:57:36 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l654ibIZkM1qz4zu3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/14455307@N07/4816173857/in/set-72157618890095073/" target="_blank">Hitch a ride</a> (by <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/14455307@N07" target="_blank">Volpin</a>)</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/859031981http://jensenrf.com/post/859031981Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:08:35 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6344ple9j1qz4zu3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>That guy</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/854047677http://jensenrf.com/post/854047677Sat, 24 Jul 2010 18:05:25 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l62uy2tnMy1qz4zu3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://jensenrf.com/post/853524026http://jensenrf.com/post/853524026Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:46:52 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l62d7uW2O61qz4zu3o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A very wet bix</p>http://jensenrf.com/post/853418191http://jensenrf.com/post/853418191Sat, 24 Jul 2010 08:23:56 -0500