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30 January 2006
Mon, 30 Jan 2006 11:53:39 GMT How Pixar Adds a New School of Thought to Disney - New York Timesvia Kjell Olsen2304 days agoPixar has become the envy of Hollywood because it never went Hollywood.
We’ve made the leap from an idea-centered business to a people-centered business. Instead of developing ideas, we develop people. Instead of investing in ideas, we invest in people. We’re trying to create a culture of learning, filled with lifelong learners. It’s no trick for talented people to be interesting, but it’s a gift to be interested. We want an organization filled with interested people. Nelson
Pretty impressive stuff. I’m hoping something apprentice-ish like this comes to eventually take the place of university. Like filmmaking? Apprentice with pixar, learn the ropes, stay with them if you’re good enough. School shouldn’t end once you have a degree in hand.
Pixar University is at the center of Mr. Nelson’s agenda. The operation has more than 110 courses: a complete filmmaking curriculum, classes on painting, drawing, sculpting and creative writing. “We offer the equivalent of an undergraduate education in fine arts and the art of filmmaking,” he said. Every employee
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21 November 2005
Mon, 21 Nov 2005 23:41:15 GMT how to be creativevia Kjell Olsen2374 days agoThe best way to get approval is not to need it.
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22 May 2005
Sun, 22 May 2005 21:50:02 GMT Creative summer & side jobs | Ask MetaFiltervia Kjell Olsen2557 days agoI really need to get a summer job, and outside of the guy at the hardware store saying he would call me back last week to give me a job (which he didn’t), I really got nothing. C’mon metafilter, lets do this together.
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26 February 2005
Sat, 26 Feb 2005 23:51:00 GMTLe Petit Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exup
A great book recounting the life of a
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07 January 2005
Fri, 07 Jan 2005 20:00:15 GMT Creative Commies T-Shirts from Giant Robot Printingvia Kjell Olsen2692 days agoWhat a nice tee-shirt – I do want one.
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Also somewhat recently
