“A good plan violently executed right now is far better than a perfect plan executed next week.”
- George S. Patton

Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Cruise, Cameron Diaz, Snoop Dogg, Harrison Ford, Julia Roberts, Ben Stiller, Will Smith, Steven Spielberg, Justin Timberlake, along with Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat, Zach Braff, Colin Farrell, Neil Patrick Harris, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Tobey Maguire, Ryan Reynolds, and Jason Segal, are featured in a second of a series of public service announcements to encourage American youth to vote in partnership with Google, YouTube, Declare Yourself, and MySpace. The non-partisan PSAs, produced by DiCaprios Appian Way, were created to engage and inspire young people to vote and participate in the upcoming election. (via Brand Candid)

via QBN

knowledge (subtitled version) from Axel Rudolph on Vimeo.
This dissertation is by Axel Rudolph. It is the most elegant (in my opinion) visual display of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict I have ever seen.  For a motion graphic piece I am inspired by it’s simplicity but how the story itself builds so much depth.  I honestly don’t know whether to applaud the design or the story more.  I think this shows how motion graphics can take a story with so many facets and draw you in.  The story itself is sad overall but takes you through the various stages of the conflict in such a way to be educational without being morbid.

So after not posting for almost a month, I finally cracked it open and got in here. Some cool stuff that I am not at liberty to talk about just yet is happening with my life. Some cool things going on over at Netizen. It’s like I am in stealth mode just waiting to drop the bomb on everyone.

In the meantime, I will discuss the name change. Numero uno I started feeling it was a little bit wonky. Also, Dave Evans, my compadre over at Netizen told me it was cheesy.

So, where does the new name come from? For a while now an associate of mine has been introducing me to folks and describing them as “Genius. Wicked Smart. Creative wonder.”

At one point I had asked him with a laugh, “What do you say when you introduce me to folks?”
His answer, “He hustles.”

For a short bit this bothered me for some strange reason. Then I thought of how I grew up and although it wasn’t Bushwick, it wasn’t Kansas either. I ran with a reasonably tough crew that saved my arse on a number of occasions. Everyday there was one thing we all knew as cheesy as it sounds, “It’s all about the hustle.” Although, now it is a more ‘legit’ hustle….. it’s still hustle nonetheless.

So there it is…… the new name and I think it sticks.

Adding all the necessary sidebar stuff….. etc…. should be done by about the 10th of December…… what will be here? business stuff, personal stuff, rants, reviews, software, advertising, design, etc……