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Awesome and adorable all at the same time. Science love.
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My latest piece for Portable.tv on the resurgence of fashion GIFs…
We are well and truly in the midst of a GIF revival. As 2012 marks the 25th birthday of the iconic — and potentially seizure inducing — format, Portable examines how the medium has evolved and why fashion in particular is embracing the resurgence. Read it all here.
Having so much fun researching GIFs for a project I am working on… yes it’s meant to be about the fashion industry’s love of the GIF, but who can resist GIF Cheesus?
Pinterest just got even better.
Sometime soon, Pinterest will expand the number of things users can pin, including videos from Hulu, Vimeo, and Netflix. “Driving traffic out is really fundamental for us,” he said. “The mission of Pinterest is not to keep people on the site forever. It’s to get people out and to find those objects.”
Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Shows Off New Profile, New Social Tools, Addresses Controversy
I’m back in Sydney… the start of the next big adventure.
The nature of criticism is changing, so this hierarchy of expertise is crumbling.
My thoughts on why fashion films suck
A lovely dress + a link to my Pintrest
The boom in luxury kidswear - a piece I wrote for Scout
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The internet was made for this level of excellence.
—I’ve been thinking a lot about the power of reblogging and the increasing influence and prominence of Tumblr, Pintrest etc. How many new ideas are actually being formed and how much of what we have access to is merely the reblogging, tagging and sharing of culture. This shift in itself is worth noting as the most shared and favourited information can rise to the top, providing a means of curation for the web.
Drake (obviously an expert on social commentary) recently posted his fears for the Tumblr generation (on his Tumblr nonetheless). I disagree, sure most people closely manage their online persona’s to build their own version of a personal brand, but I think the shift in the way that we share information is so much more interesting.
I don’t believe people are becoming less creative, or even creating less, we are just finding different platforms to share this creativity. And for those that have a Tumblr just to reblog and repost, isn’t that in essence a unique form of creatvity?
When everything is changing, be consistent. When everyone is confused, be transparent. And when the world seems bleak, be good.
I am a freelance trend researcher and writer with a love for tech, fashion and everything in between. // Get in touch staceyljacobs@gmail.com
