Advice from the successful radio host on ‘making independent media. Making it, and making it your job.’

“Two quick points. Not every idea is going to work. Know that going in. Ideas tend to follow the path of least resistance and more often than not that path is the one where you find yourself talking an idea to death, by getting hung up on the ‘what ifs.’ So you need to actively push ideas out and embrace failure. Fail spectacularly whenever possible. “Secondly, every single person I have ever met or corresponded with about leaving the work-for-hire world and trying to create something of their own, something that they really care about, says exactly the same thing. Win, lose or draw they always express the same thought and most of the time they say it in exactly these words. “What they say is, ‘I should have done this sooner.’”

Great, of course.

Playful and ironic photos and little installations.

Another one of these "How to Be Productive and Creative" lists, but they're good as inspiration/affirmations.

Cute and well-done.

One of the best episodes ever.

Stressing the importance of actively engaging everything that you take in and the way that you take it in, so you can synthesize and maximize and!

Ten characteristics of creative people. (Basically, they're a beautiful mess of contradictions.)

Explanatory stills from (and a link to) the fantastic new Spoon video.

An interview with Apple's brilliant product designer, who possesses a "fanatical care beyond the obvious stuff."

An awesome collective of creative/design types. A great "About" page.

An interview with James Victore. "Yes. I’m afraid of everything. I am. But I do them anyway. This is my dharma. This is what I was meant to do. I just want to do a good job."

Excellent videos!