7 Jan 2012, 3:43 PM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Ilford Delta 400, Leica, Singapore

Comments: 0

Photography In pale light, in frozen time

Singapore. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

“Home is not where you live, but where they understand you," it's said.

23 Dec 2011, 3:58 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Singapore

Comments: 0

Photography A barely noticeable breeze of years coming and going

Singapore. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

15 Dec 2011, 9:55 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Hua Hin, Ilford FP4 Plus 125, Leica

Comments: 0

Photography Welcome aboard my time machine—let's go kill some regrets

Hua Hin © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

Get ready, we're leaving at midnight, controls are set to years and years ago. We'll fire up the neons in the dark to lure regrets closer and hunt the brightest, most beautiful ones with iron harpoons. Drag them ashore back to the present and kill them with knives. We'll sell their skins to the best listener.

4 Dec 2011, 2:32 PM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Ilford FP4 Plus 125, Leica, Marrakech

Comments: 0

Photography I blinked and missed the very moment when this world got old

Marrakech. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

I am fascinated by those lonely men taking care, without any help from anyone else, of the remote places where this world ends and the other world begins. Half guardians, half stalkers, priest-thieves of the Zone¹ where strange happenings occur, they'll watch but won't tell when you pass by that you're a mere mortal in the land of inexplicable.

¹ I'm talking about Strugatsky brothers' Roadside Picnic and Tarkovsky's Stalker.

27 Nov 2011, 2:20 PM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Edinburgh, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica

Comments: 0

Photography There are only two ways to live your life; one is as though nothing is a miracle

Edinburgh © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.

— Albert Einstein.

11 Nov 2011, 8:55 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Marrakech

Comments: 0

Photography Must fear thieving, wealth from unclean sources, lying, treachery and vice

Marrakech. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

7 Nov 2011, 9:50 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Hua Hin, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica

Comments: 0

Photography Awash with the sundown

Hua Hin. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

3 Nov 2011, 10:50 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Ilford FP4 Plus 125, Leica, Monte Carlo

Comments: 0

Photography Move brazenly and conquer a lie

Monte Carlo © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

31 Oct 2011, 11:52 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Marrakech

Comments: 0

Photography He dreamed he escaped once, so they broke his limbs

Marrakech. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

26 Oct 2011, 10:31 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Copenhagen, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica

Comments: 0

Photography The wise said there'll be mighty wizards hidden amongst the ordinary men

Copenhagen. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

17 Oct 2011, 11:39 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Copenhagen, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica

Comments: 1

Photography I've seen poetry soaking everything, like rain

Copenhagen. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

6 Oct 2011, 12:18 PM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Ilford Delta 100, Leica, Monte Carlo, Steve Jobs

Comments: 6

Personal Stay foolish

Monte Carlo. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

I don't have many heroes in my adult life. I find it hard to aspire to or identify with whatever guidance artists have to offer, save for some rather rare moments of blinding insight. And, unfortunately, I have close to zero affinity with sports people.

Except the one-of-a-kind friend I started a company with, Steve Jobs was the only relevant figure capable to directly inspire my work and deepen my vision, day in, day out.

And Steve is gone now.

There are two of his sayings I'm thinking about the most. The first one I find useful every single day—"real artists ship"—talking is irrelevant, only doing matters. As a coincidence, I learned about his passing last night, while working feverishly until the light of dawn.

The second one—"stay hungry, stay foolish"—I am trying to learn, yet I'm mostly failing—it's so fucking hard to stay young, keep your heart vulnerably alive and cling to that state of graceful emergency. I promise I'll try harder, Steve.

3 Oct 2011, 10:11 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Transylvania

Comments: 2

Photography Object NGC 66 is a peculiar galaxy in the constellation Cetus

Baia Mare, Transylvania. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

Anyway.

There are 66 books in the Bible—editor needed. 66 is a sphenic number, a triangular number, a hexagonal number, and a semi-meandric number—obviously. The atomic number of dysprosium is 66, if you love lanthanides—I adore lanthanides. The international dialing code for Thailand is 66—hi there, Bradut! In his Sonnet 66 Shakespeare criticizes three things: general unfairness of life—check, societal immorality—check, and oppressive government—crummy not oppressive, Mr. Shakespeare. Just crummy.

29 Sep 2011, 8:06 PM

Tags: anniversary, Kit·blog

Comments: 5

Personal Going on 9

Started in 2003, this blog turns 8 years old today, going on 9.

If blog years are anything like dog years, Kit·blog is rather old. Lately it rarely speaks, actually, beside those cryptic picture headlines. Don't get mad about that. Silence gets golden with age, it seems.

It still has pretty good eyes though, wisely and lovingly inspecting that coarse film grain.

26 Sep 2011, 9:45 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Toscana

Comments: 0

Photography The ultimate miracles are made of dirt

Tuscany. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

20 Sep 2011, 11:15 AM

Tags: analog photography (film), black and white, Kodak Tri-X 400, Leica, Toscana

Comments: 0

Photography I know I don't belong here in heaven

Tuscany. © Cristian ·Kit· Paul. Click here or on the image to enlarge.

Brandient 101

101 graphic identities created by Brandient between 2002 and 2010;
Bilingual edition in English and Romanian;
224 pages, hardcover, full color.

Buy: Brandient 101 on-line.

Marginalia

Notes and Streams

Friday at 11:34 Kit saved Untitled as a favorite photo.

Friday at 01:11 Kit saved (Untitled) as a favorite photo.

Friday at 00:48 Kit saved (Untitled) as a favorite photo.

Thursday at 21:24 Kit saved . as a favorite photo.

Thursday at 20:07 Kit saved Statuary as a favorite photo.

Thursday at 15:38 Kit saved Rainy Day as a favorite photo.

Thursday at 00:29 Kit saved (Untitled) as a favorite photo.

Unfortunately, that day has come

I hereby resign as CEO of Apple. I would like to serve, if the Board sees fit, as Chairman of the Board, director and Apple employee.

—Steve Jobs' letter of resignation as a Apple CEO.

I saw that headline and my nervous system took a jolt.

—John Gruber reacting at Steve Jobs' resignation.

I felt the same. An era has ended.

Ultimatum

My first wife said to me, ‘It’s me or the guitar,’ and I picked up my guitar and left.

—Buddy Guy.

Via QV.

Leica MP is anything but wired

The permanence of film will make you stop and think before you shoot, though that isn’t always a bad thing.

—Generations Later, Leica’s Iconic Shooter Keeps Clicking in Wired.

Horace Dediu on Apple's low forward P/E

If Apple bought Google (it already has a third of its value in cash) and it shut down Android, it could create $300 billion in value. If could even throw away all of Google and still walk out with a profit.

—Horace Dediu in Is Android responsible for Apple’s deep market discount? on his blog, Asymco.

So funny!

29 things

From the 29 Things Young Designers Need to Know'29-things-young-designers-need-to-know'-poster poster designed for the January 2011 issue of HOW Magazine by id29 ’s Doug Bartow:

Sweat
Play nice
Don't fear type
Be yourself
Learn to say no
Collect and share
Observe trends
Content is still king
Reject personal style
Say no to SPEC work
Become indispensable
Value your work
Make mistakes
Your Mac is a tool
Respect
Teach others

See all 29. Unfortunately it only ships to US and Canada.

Classy

Gordon Brown refused to knight Steve Jobs as set by the British government and Queen Elizabeth II in 2009 because Apple CEO turned down an invitation to speak at a Labour Party conference.

Allaboutstevejobs.com

And because Steve Jobs' birthday was yesterday — he turned 56 — here's an appropriate web site: all about Steve Jobs.com.

IP talk at FFFF

Corina Barbu of Friends for Friends Foundation pages all Romanian artists, designers, programmers and content creators: you guys might want to listen to Ana Maria Andronic, Senior Associate at Biris-Goran law firm talking about intellectual property and find out more about your legal rights.

Okay: 23 March 1839

On 23 March 1839, OK was introduced to the world on the second page of the Boston Morning Post, in the midst of a long paragraph, as "o.k. (all correct)".

Read How 'OK' took over the world at BBC.

Via DF and Coudal.

HP flexes muscle

Beautiful innovations in HP's TouchPad, announced yesterday:

URL sharing with other Palm devices (Pre³ or Veer) by "tapping the devices together" and
Touchstone for wireless charging.

Nice to finally see some solid competition in this space (although no shipping date). Apple, your move.

"We poured gasoline on our own burning platform."

Nokia, our platform is burning.

—Stephen Elop, recently-appointed Nokia CEO, in a memo posted to an internal Nokia employee system.

Out-Japanning Japan

Here's a good one: read How Steve Jobs 'out-Japanned' Japan at SFGate.

Note 1: I was an Apple evangelist for a very long time; and while Apple was the underdog, it was fun—supporting a struggling sports team kind of fun. Now Apple is mainstream—I look around in airports and Starbucks cafes around the world and Macs usually outnumber PCs. Almost everybody has an iPhone. Game over. 'We' won. The evangelist can (semi-)retire. Still, Jobs is one of my creative role models and I read avidly about what makes him tick.

Note 2: If you're on a Mac, use Safari's excellent Reader feature to get rid of the annoying sidebar adverts while reading the article.

Bicycle art

We are starting a project from our bike shop in North London selling limited edition posters, half of the profits will go to charity.

There are five posters in the first print run and there are lots more beautiful posters to follow when these sell out.

—Peter Carleton, Pushcycles.com via e-mail.

So we run stories on Apple

A yearlong look at technology news coverage by the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism found that 15.1 of tech articles were primarily about Apple; 11.4 about Google; and a meager 3 % were about Microsoft.