Comments on: A Machine for the Ego http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/ Tasty Little Nuggets of Design and Innovation Goodness Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:19:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Goblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-225 Goblettes Thu, 13 Apr 2006 13:19:28 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-225 Well said. Well said.

]]> By: niblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-223 niblettes Thu, 13 Apr 2006 04:26:47 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-223 Perhaps we shouldn't seek it, but rather seek to deserve it. Perhaps we shouldn’t seek it, but rather seek to deserve it.

]]> By: Goblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-221 Goblettes Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:13:02 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-221 OK. -- Not a Gehry fan, per se, just making the observation that there's a shortage of love in the world and we're all seeking it desperately these days, Frank included. OK.

– Not a Gehry fan, per se, just making the observation that there’s a shortage of love in the world and we’re all seeking it desperately these days, Frank included.

]]> By: niblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-220 niblettes Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:29:14 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-220 I see I've offended a Gehry fan. Oh well. Yes one could say the same about my blog, or any blog. That said let me point out a few differences betwen this blog and Gehry (I'll type slowly so you can keep up). <ol> <li>I'm kind of anonymous here. Which means my ego gets nothing out of this</li> <li>I don't get paid for this; my paycheck isn't tied to name recognition (of which i have none) or ego</li> <li>Because I'm not getting paid expect a little self-indulgence--its my blog and I'll write what I want to</li> <li>I don't have piles of delusional fawning articles written about my brilliance</li> <li>This blog does not imposes itself on others</li> <li>This blog is a conversation, not a loud obnoxious lecture</li> <li>This blog is not an excersize in extreme self-conscious, dogmatic, and restrictive stylistics to the exclusion of all else</li> <li>This blog does not stand in obstinate decorative hostility to everything in its surroundings</li> <li>Ok, I'm bored now</li> </ol> Thanks for reading, and come again. I see I’ve offended a Gehry fan. Oh well. Yes one could say the same about my blog, or any blog.

That said let me point out a few differences betwen this blog and Gehry (I’ll type slowly so you can keep up).

  1. I’m kind of anonymous here. Which means my ego gets nothing out of this
  2. I don’t get paid for this; my paycheck isn’t tied to name recognition (of which i have none) or ego
  3. Because I’m not getting paid expect a little self-indulgence–its my blog and I’ll write what I want to
  4. I don’t have piles of delusional fawning articles written about my brilliance
  5. This blog does not imposes itself on others
  6. This blog is a conversation, not a loud obnoxious lecture
  7. This blog is not an excersize in extreme self-conscious, dogmatic, and restrictive stylistics to the exclusion of all else
  8. This blog does not stand in obstinate decorative hostility to everything in its surroundings
  9. Ok, I’m bored now

Thanks for reading, and come again.

]]> By: Goblettes http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-219 Goblettes Wed, 12 Apr 2006 15:08:40 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-219 Couldn't you say the same thing about your blog? Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Couldn’t you say the same thing about your blog?

Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me! Love me!

]]> By: niti http://www.niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-216 niti Wed, 12 Apr 2006 02:30:07 +0000 http://niblettes.com/blog/2006/04/12/a-machine-for-the-ego/#comment-216 funny should you write this today. I've been thinking along the same lines too, the topic of rockstar egos in the creative field and lack thereof. btw, I heard once that frank gehry designed shells by crumpling up a sheet of paper and throwing it on the floor and then telling his minions to figure out the structural engineering component required to make it a roof. funny should you write this today. I’ve been thinking along the same lines too, the topic of rockstar egos in the creative field and lack thereof.

btw, I heard once that frank gehry designed shells by crumpling up a sheet of paper and throwing it on the floor and then telling his minions to figure out the structural engineering component required to make it a roof.

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