Trumblog

The following is a liveblog of a discussion between Ze Frank and Scott Kirsner on creativity and process that was given at South by Southwest on March 13, 2010.

5:36:03 PM: USB drives with multiple chambers for crematory ashes? Hmmmm

5:38:31 PM: Ze Frank’s flower maker flower names were source for emotional expression in economic downturn

5:41:42 PM: The amount of emotional data being produced online daily is enormous, but needs to be channeled somehow

5:44:16 PM: Angrigami - oragami paper template of snippets of hate mail.

5:53:34 PM: “Calm the fuck down, s’okey” song produced and crowdsourced Ze Frank’s = amazing

5:57:12 PM: Ze Frank: people didn’t deserve the web content if they didn’t sit thru the flash intro. Ahh the days of Flash intros

5:59:29 PM: Ze Frank: There is a marketable side to everything that you do, but need to treat it rigorously.

6:10:09 PM: Ze Frank: Online video not such as lone wolf system anymore, better at supporting people

6:11:24 PM: Ze Frank: We’re at SXSWi there’s no “average American” here

6:12:52 PM: Q: What should a designer focus on to get ahead? Ze Frank: Learn code

6:15:54 PM: Ze Frank: Instant c*ck detection software on Chat Roulette, based on facial recognition. What part? The nose?

6:19:13 PM: Ze Frank assassinate a buzz word “viral”

6:22:28 PM: Ze Frank: would have made the shows even if no one had watched them. Show based on New Year resolution to publish rapidly.

6:24:29 PM: Ze Frank: Creativity is a mystical weird thing, don’t know where ideas will come from, it’s blind faith & willingness to face terror

6:26:31 PM: Alez: I didn’t know who you were before coming to this session. Ze Frank: I didn’t know who YOU were until just now.

6:29:08 PM: Ze Frank: I kill a lot of ideas, but I try to test them first.

6:31:25 PM: Caveat to 10,000 hours rule. Feedback on effort must be fast and unequivicable.

7:01:00 PM: RT @stevegarfield: Hey, You’re OK by @zefrank http://bit.ly/8Z1UYn