I compiled a couple of short videos from the same journeys as an “ode to otherness.” Vanishing Asia is a sequel to an earlier smaller version of my travels called Asia Grace. The result of that passion is an oversized book entitled Vanishing Asia that records images of uncommon scenes from 35 Asian countries, between Turkey and Japan. For 50 years I photographed the vanishing cultures of Asia.

Throughout my life I have drawn and painted and photographed.

TRY is a YouTube channel about how I make complicated projects, such as a toy bridge, or a flower press, or an ecosphere. The paper book is out of print ( used copies can be found) but there is now a downloadable PDF version available.Įvery week on the Cool Tools podcast I interview someone remarkable and ask them to share their favorite tools. Some years ago I collected the best tools into a large, oversized, 500-page Whole Earth Catalog-inspired book on paper. It’s still going strong with one fan review of a cool tool you didn’t know about every day. It has one of the highest open rates of any newsletter in the world.Ībout 20 years ago I launched the website Cool Tools, to review one tool daily. Over 53,000 subscribers get recommendations of great tools, fabulous apps, cool stuff we are watching or listening to, and amazing tips. I frequently give presentations and interviews about my life and work and the consequences of technology.įive years ago I started a free weekly newsletter, called Recomendo, which delivers 6 very short recommendations each week on Sunday morning. As I detail in my article Picture Limitless Creativity, they are truly creative. My most recent article concerns the rapidly emerging world of AI image generators, and what they will mean for us. I write one article for Wired per year now. My title for Wired is Senior Maverick, a magazine I helped co-found 29 years ago. It’s like no other book that has ever been printed. This 3-volume book set is titled Vanishing Asia, and it records 9,000 photographs of the festivals, costumes, architecture, and rituals that are disappearing in Asia. Last year I relied on my 1,000 true fans to fund a huge, oversized, 1,000-page celebration of old Asia. I also outline other reasons to be optimistic and why I think the next two decades will be a global boom in this short essay. I give my reasons why we should be optimistic in this new 12-minute TED talk. I am extremely optimistic about the future – despite reading the news. It makes a great gift for a graduating student. This year I have put 450 of them into a pocket-sized book, called Excellent Advice for Living. Each one is like a tweet - a wisdom tweet. I’ve been jotting down bits of advice I wished I had known earlier in my life, and then sharing them with my children.

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