Qompendium is an evolving and ever-changing platform for philosophy, art, culture and science, represented by a series of print publications: magazines, books and monographs. Furthermore, it is enriched by a gallery concept, a work shop and a fast-moving online portal.
Print Culture
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Great narration and content direction combined with irony, humor and intelligent critique. A magazine to be enjoyed alone and by yourself – no other distraction should be allowed. Quote by Kimberly Lloyd.
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Editor’s Choice
Eric Sanderson
400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta’s fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife – accurate down to the block – when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery.
Watch Eric Sanderson on Ted.
Michael Specter
Michael Specter is a staff writer for the New Yorker. His new book, Denialism, asks why we have increasingly begun to fear scientific advances instead of embracing them.
Watch Michael Specter on Ted.
How much would you pay for the Universe?
Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson on the importance of NASA for the United States and the world.
Watch the video here.
Introducing
Aubrey de Grey
CNN's Dr. Sanjay Gupta teams with anti-aging experts Aubrey de Grey and Dan Buettner to bring you an in-depth discussion on the search for immortality. Watch it here.
Arcademi
Art Lawyer
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Ayn Rand
Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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Monday, 30.08.2010
Competition is a by-product of productive work, not its goal. A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
The Philosophy of Ayn Rand.
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Daniel Okrent on the Future of Newspapers
The former New York Times Public Editor believes large news organizations will still exist, but more sources of news content will be individuals and small alliances of individuals.
Watch video here.
Steve Jobs
Any democracy depends on a free healthy press. We need to secure the news gathering organizations and editorial boards. I don't want to descend into a nation of bloggers. I think we need editorial more then ever.
Watch complete interview here.
“There are a million ideas of how to make another great blog”.
Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist.
“The fashion blogosphere is over-filled with quantity but not in terms of quality”.
Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist.
“Separate yourself from the rest”.
Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist.
“A new generation of smart companies and marketeers are here!”.
Scott Schuman, The Sartorialist.
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Art Market Analysis: Why Works make Records in a Recession
Lindsay Pollock examines how prices at auction can remain high despite the downturn.
Read full article on The Art Newspaper.
Find Lindsay Pollock's blog here.
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Malcolm Gladwell
The urge to predict, and the payoffs for pretending to be able to do so, are large. But no one ever knows for sure what will happen next.
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What if I had bought Apple stock instead?
Great research by Kyle Conroy on what would have happened if you had purchased Apple stock instead of an Apple product.
Read more here.
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United States Army & Design
Improving the Army’s Design Approach: US Army has begun to examine Design as a doctrinal methodology.
More details here.
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Saturday, 24.04.2010
Improving the Army’s Design Approach: US Army has begun to examine Design as a doctrinal methodology.
More details here.
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When is it Time to buy Art?
According to the Art Market Confidence Index it is now the best time to invest in art and nearly 70% of art collectors agree.
Read full article here.
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Penny C. Sansevieri
Never judge a book by its movie.
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Thursday, 11.03.2010
Penny C. Sansevieri began her career in the fields of book marketing and literature a decade ago, consulting publishing house on a regular basis. Here is an ultimate guide for a future authors.
More on Google Books.
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Where the Wealthy shop Online?
You'd be surprised to find out where the real affluent take their money online to shop!
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Jan Jonker &
Marco de Witte
A business that makes nothing but money is a poor business.
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You cannot copyright a Tweet!
And this according to Jeffery Zeldman.
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Sunday, 28.02.2010
Copyrighting Tweets were in the media for sometime now and and according to Jeffery Zeldman they are copyright free.
Full article here.
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The Mother of All Business Models
"If you're important enough you shouldn't even pay to use the mobile device. They're going to make so much money from your attention. If you're really important, thinking Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Mike Arrington, they should pay you – a lot – to use their device. Wow." Dave Winer, 2010
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Saturday, 02.01.2010
Dave Winer, 54, pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting, outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine, research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies. A native New Yorker, he received a Master's in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin, a Bachelor's in Mathematics from Tulane University and currently lives in Berkeley, California.
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How to be a Good Client
1. Emancipate your agency from fear.
2. Select the right agency in the first place.
3. Brief your agency very thoroughly indeed.
4. No creative competition with your agency.
5. Coddle the goose who lays the golden egg.
6. Don’t strain your advertising through too many layers.
7. Make sure your agency makes a profit.
8. Don’t haggle with your agency.
9. Be candid and encourage candor.
10. Set high standards.
11. Test everything.
12. Hurry.
13. Don’t waste time on problem babies
14. Tolerate genius.
15. Don’t under spend.
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Monday, 14.12.2009
Confessions of an Advertising Man is the distillation of all the successful Ogilvy concepts, tactics and techniques that made the book an international bestseller.
From David Ogilvy in Confessions of an Advertising Man
Published by No Exit Press
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