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I’m not as quick as most smart folks I know but I do eventually figure things out. It was after the third or fourth Pixar film that I realized that not only would animation be done almost entirely on computers going forward, but that someday, the bulk of films in general would be made entirely […]

We learn more and more every day here at Jackson Fish Market. And hopefully we’re improving with each new app we release. One of my favorite (most hopeful and most inspiring) studies is by University of Chicago Economist David Galenson — Old Geniuses and Young Masters. Now Malcolm Gladwell writes about this same topic in […]

I admit it. This weekend I attended the 2008 BrickCon conference targeted at Adult Lego Hobbyists (ALHs). The conference lasted for essentially three full days from Friday to Sunday. I even took off work on Friday. Super nerdy? Yes. But before you judge… hear my story. I always loved Lego as a kid. What’s not […]

Yesterday I was perched on an ebay auction page about to purchase this little gem: You’d think that Playmobil Victorian Fish Market sets would come up for sale all the time, but they don’t. This one would have looked awesome in our office. Of course, in the final 2 minutes of the auction a friend […]

I think it’s clear that the opening sequence to the Simpsons has entered the opening sequence hall of fame.