This is Steve Kulp’s blog, where he curates his collection of things and ideas that he finds interesting and deposits the occasional rambling about the state of the world. His professional interests include design, advertising, consumer behavior and account planning. His personal interests include everything else. _uacct = "UA-3469016-1"; urchinTracker(); Tumblr (3.0; @freeassociation)http://www.stevekulp.com/“I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure-which is: Try to please everybody.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotation/i_cannot_give_you_the_formula_for_success-but_i/176509.html" target="_blank">Herbert Bayard Swope</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/654087633http://www.stevekulp.com/post/654087633Tue, 01 Jun 2010 15:34:51 -0400<object width="400" height="255" id="delve_playerf41db15d64b449eaa0064d5529d83f23334260o" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://assets.delvenetworks.com/player/loader.swf" /><param name="wmode" value="window" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="flashvars" value="mediaId=f0648884669f4a889e445d7f425d1016&playerForm=88a26316a62d4655a806dda0da4e95ca&autoplayNextClip=true" /><embed src="http://assets.delvenetworks.com/player/loader.swf" name="delve_playerf41db15d64b449eaa0064d5529d83f23334260e" wmode="window" width="400" height="255" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" flashvars="mediaId=f0648884669f4a889e445d7f425d1016&playerForm=88a26316a62d4655a806dda0da4e95ca&autoplayNextClip=true"></embed></object><br/><br/>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/543191080http://www.stevekulp.com/post/543191080Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:19:00 -0400“Don’t mistake activity for achievement.”<br/><br/> - <em>John Wooden</em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/543187296http://www.stevekulp.com/post/543187296Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:17:01 -0400“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”<br/><br/> - <em>Thomas Edison</em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/358533398http://www.stevekulp.com/post/358533398Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:52:02 -0500“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard, and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.”<br/><br/> - <em>Conan O’Brien on his final show, <a href="http://37signals.com/svn/" target="_blank">via 37signals</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/354910328http://www.stevekulp.com/post/354910328Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:56:14 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5tqAbrZeX0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U5tqAbrZeX0&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Oh, hell yeah.</p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5tqAbrZeX0&feature=player_embedded" target="_blank">Isaac Hayes - Walk On By</a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/268086790http://www.stevekulp.com/post/268086790Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:35:32 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ku17agZUpy1qz86d2o1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>“Typical Swedish Things” poster.</p> <p>via <a href="http://designyoutrust.com/2009/12/02/sweden/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+dyt+%28Design+You+Trust.+World%27s+Most+Famous+Social+Inspiration.%29" target="_blank">designyoutrust.com</a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/266371115http://www.stevekulp.com/post/266371115Wed, 02 Dec 2009 10:35:03 -0500<a href="http://clientsfromhell.tumblr.com/">Clients From Hell</a>: <p>A little design-geeky, but funny nonetheless.</p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/265239903http://www.stevekulp.com/post/265239903Tue, 01 Dec 2009 15:34:17 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kty162jyir1qz86d2o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.coolhunting.com/archives/2009/11/eric_haze_solo.php" target="_blank">New Abstracts and Icons - Eric Haze</a></p> <p>Interesting work. it’s hard for something so simple and minimal to seem original and fresh. Good, clean, graphic.</p> <p>via <a href="http://www.coolhunting.com/images/HazePan2.jpg" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.coolhunting.com" target="_blank">www.coolhunting.com</a></a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/263953186http://www.stevekulp.com/post/263953186Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:30:01 -0500“Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.”<br/><br/> - <em>Andy Warhol</em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/259897014http://www.stevekulp.com/post/259897014Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:03:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kr5fsinCdx1qz86d2o1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Odd little coincidence…I happened to be listening to Radiohead’s “No Surprises” when I came across this poster on <a href="http://omgposters.com/2009/10/02/new-art-prints-by-brainstorm-2/" target="_blank">OMGPosters.</a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/206736754http://www.stevekulp.com/post/206736754Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:48:17 -0400“Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/w/william_blake_4.html" target="_blank">William Blake</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/157337073http://www.stevekulp.com/post/157337073Thu, 06 Aug 2009 15:09:44 -0400<a href="http://www.37signals.com/svn/posts/1807-seeking-a-less-pretentious-boutique?102#comments">Seeking a less pretentious "boutique" - (37signals)</a>: <p>Smart little post from the chaps over at 37 Signals. Be sure to read the comments.</p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/151101916http://www.stevekulp.com/post/151101916Tue, 28 Jul 2009 17:32:23 -0400“It is not the voice that commands the story: it is the ear”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://thinkexist.com/quotes/italo_calvino/" target="_blank">Italo Calvino</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/150812074http://www.stevekulp.com/post/150812074Tue, 28 Jul 2009 08:31:15 -0400“I respect criticism, but I know more about film than most of the people writing about me. Not only that, I’m a better writer than most of the people writing about me. And I can write film criticism better than most of the people writing about me.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2009/07/qt_gq.html" target="_blank">Quentin Tarantino</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/142285798http://www.stevekulp.com/post/142285798Wed, 15 Jul 2009 15:21:37 -0400<a href="http://exovault.com/images/08 brass and aluminum side front 02.jpg">ExoVault iPhone Case</a>: <p><a href="http://exovault.com/" target="_blank">As seen at exovault.com</a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/142164264http://www.stevekulp.com/post/142164264Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:19:56 -0400“The moment a man begins to talk about technique that’s proof that he is fresh out of ideas.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond_Chandler" target="_blank">Raymond Chandler</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/120639748http://www.stevekulp.com/post/120639748Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:58:18 -0400<object width="400" height="372"><param name="movie" value="http://www.thedailybeast.com/swf/TheDailyBeastVideoPlayer.swf" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><param name="flashvars" value="video=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/05/29/vid-obama-goes-on-burger-run_181318641326.flv&still=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/05/29/img-090529-ap-obama-burger-run-386_181135749757.jpg&title=" /><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.thedailybeast.com/swf/TheDailyBeastVideoPlayer.swf" id="tdbvideo" name="tdbvideo" bgcolor="#ffffff" quality="high" menu="false" wmode="transparent" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="372" flashvars="video=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/05/29/vid-obama-goes-on-burger-run_181318641326.flv&still=http://www.tdbimg.com/files/2009/05/29/img-090529-ap-obama-burger-run-386_181135749757.jpg&title="></embed></object><br/><br/><p>Obama at Five guys.</p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/116834845http://www.stevekulp.com/post/116834845Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:14:54 -0400“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”<br/><br/> - <em><a href="http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/g/george_s_patton_2.html" target="_blank">George S. Patton</a></em>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/114486241http://www.stevekulp.com/post/114486241Thu, 28 May 2009 17:33:12 -0400<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/L1eR0iW8ro1ixgpvgOUFzL5to1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.behance.net/alexcornell/frame/229415" target="_blank">Alex Cornell: The Wes Anderson Film Festival </a></p>http://www.stevekulp.com/post/114485300http://www.stevekulp.com/post/114485300Thu, 28 May 2009 17:30:36 -0400