http://www.psfk.com Your Go-To Source For New Ideas And Inspiration Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:30:47 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.psfk.com/2010/12/grant-mccracken-sublime-rise-and-fall-of-an-indispensable-idea.html Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:57:23 +0000 Google’s Ngram is out. Everyone is plugging in words.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/twitter-grammar-lessons.html Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:38:54 +0000 Designer Chris Messina discusses micro-blogging syntax.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2010/10/grant-mccracken-how-do-we-make-culture.html Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:30:00 +0000 Observations on culture creation, world building and meaning.]]> http://www.psfk.com/2009/07/significant-objects-do-make-believe-stories-add-value.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:36:55 +0000 What adds value to the items we own? Beyond quantifiable and tangible factors like price, performance and comfort, we find slightly more vague notions that rely more on an emotional than intellectual response. Attaching meaning in this way, is a phenomenon Rob Walker calls an object’s narrative, the memories we associate with inanimate things, from their provenance to their mere existence at significant points in our lives. It helps explain why we hang on to wedding dresses when they no longer fit and refer to beat-up caps as our “lucky hats.” But what happens to value when we learn theRead more...]]>