BJohnny Be Good

Trying to expand my digital horizons and push myself into unfamiliar landscapes, still lifes, and abstract art.

[momatalks]

 33 ways to keep your creativity flowing…

[sth2013-blog]

[bjohnnybgood]

Ugh. Our system is so, so broken.

[counterpunches]

A trio of students from the Miami Ad School—Max Pilwat, Keri Tan and Ferdi Rodriguez—have came up with an innovative concept that allows people to read the first ten pages of popular books while riding the subway.  Using near field communications (NFC) technology, commuters select the desired book from a list of popular titles and read its first ten pages—upon finishing, the reader will be informed of the closest library location from which they can pick up and read the rest of the book.  This is a simple but ingenious idea that can be adopted and adapted to encourage reading in the 21st century, when new technology is changing the way we consume books. 

[scribnerbooks]

INGENIOUS!!

[thephotoweaver]

Towers | Cathedral of Saint John the Divine, New York, NY

[trextrying]

She-Rex Trying to get her keys from the bottom of her purse…

#TRexTrying

#SheRexTrying

[bjohnnybgood]

This is me. Everyday of my life. At home, work, and coming home again. Le sigh.

[wildandfree]

[bjohnnybgood]

And party every day.

[soulpancake]

Hey everyone, we’ve team up with Threadless to create a Kid President t-shirt challenge! It’s your chance to design a tee that makes the world DANCE. KP is busy pep-talkin’ the entire planet, and this ultra-inspring 9-year-old is inspiring every single one of us, solely to make the world a better place.

But, KP can’t do it alone! To help get you inspired, watch some of his other videos! Quote’s do not have to be apart of the design, but use them for inspiration! 

The best part? 25% of the sale of the winning shirt will benefit The Center for Courageous Kids!

Learn more HERE: http://www.threadless.com/kidpresident/ 

[darksilenceinsuburbia]

Spencer Tunick. Adormment.

http://www.spencertunick.com/

[bjohnnybgood]

That's a lot of naked people!

[todaysdocument]

Let’s take it from the top, Mr. President This 1959 photograph pictures President Harry Truman playing the piano, accompanied by comedian Jack Benny on his trademark violin.

Photograph of President Harry S. Truman Playing the Piano While Jack Benny Plays the Violin, 09/03/1959

via DocsTeach

[bjohnnybgood]

Yesterday, in history...

[trextrying]

T-Rex Trying to Vault…

#TRexTrying

[teachingliteracy]

by Paola Zakimi

[sfmoma]

The Wall Street Journal picked up on our golden #MuseumOlympics meme, which has spread like wildfire across the Internet!

Excerpt:

Can you win an Olympic medal for brushstroke? As athletes fight for glory in London, a group of U.S. museums has launched its own sportive competition on Twitter called “Museum Olympics.”

Read the full article here.

[exploratorium]

“Any mirror is a magical sort of thing.” —Frank Oppenheimer

Frank update: 79/100.

Follow 100 Days of Exploratorium founder Frank Oppenheimer at our Frank100 tag: http://exploratorium.tumblr.com/tagged/frank100

Images © Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu

[myedol]

Fireflies on the Water by Yayoi Kusama

An installation in which explores ideas of the infinite. Constructed out of 150 lights, mirrors, and a pool of water, which creates a space in which individual viewers are invited to transcend their sense of self.

Must Watch:

[intoxicating-vibes]

I was just at the museum today where they had that exhibit

[bjohnnybgood]

me after finishing a really good book

me: finishes book

me: slowly closes book

me: exhales slowly

me: inhales slowly

me:

me:

me:

me: PTERODACTYL SCREECH

me: DYING WHALE NOISES

me: LION ROAR

[ourpresidents]

FDR’s Accessibility Designs

The FDR Library was conceived and built under President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s direction during 1939-41. 

Because a 1921 attack of polio had left Roosevelt paralyzed from the waist down, FDR  primarily used personally-designed wheelchairs for daily mobility. Since he intended to personally and regularly use the vast collection of papers and manuscripts housed in the archives at the Library, he made sure the storage area aisles were built wide enough to accommodate his wheelchair.

He also personally designed the document storage boxes initially used to house his papers. To enable his own lap-top style reading while in the storage areas, a special box type was created that could lie flat on the shelf, open in a clam-shell fashion, and act as a sort of paper tray.  Read More

Pictured, an archivist in the FDR Library archival stacks, circa 1950. The document boxes were designed by FDR.

 More - Blueprints with FDR’s Handwritten Notations

[bjohnnybgood]

The book will be available soon! (Also at B&N, Amazon, etc)