New video series collab I just launched. Dream Logic: Exploring the horizons of creative work In this first episode, my pal and collaborator Karin Fyhrie discusses the stank of AI art and the freedoms and failures of this immature medium. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIP5...

Poster for The Sting (1973) vs The Studio (2025) Central image is totally different, but everything around that is taken from The Sting poster. In my opinion, it copies too much from one place.

I’ve just published an exclusive new guide "Creative AI in 2025: A No-Hype Assessment." Learn what AI will help you get real work done right now. Subscribe to the Everything is a Remix newsletter to get immediate access. Link is below!

One of the most inspiring innovations of the last 20 years is **Markdown**. John Gruber @gruber.foo created it so he could easily write HTML formatting. Couple decades later, you can use Markdown with Reddit, Github, Notion, Obsidian, ChatGPT, Claude and loads more.

"Everything looks the same, sounds the same, is the same.” We are plagued by a dearth of creativity. But what if, beneath the surface of mainstream culture, there was a world of wild imagination waiting to be discovered — if only a powerful force would stop suppressing it? youtu.be/aToMV4wL2wc?...

I was not expecting “Heretic” to be such an awesome episode of @kirbyferguson.bsky.social Everything is Remix.

I'm slow getting to this Cindy Lee album, but the hype is entirely merited. This album is the best thing I've heard in a while. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_LJi...

Creativity can't die. But metrics, fear of risk and poor discovery prevent the novel from seeing the light. This isn’t an issue of creativity, but an issue of permitting talent to graduate beyond the niche and accepting news mediums of creativity. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aToM...

The top box office hits of 2024 are shaping up to be 100% sequels and IPs. Inside Out 2 Deadpool & Wolverine Despicable Me 4 Beetlejuice Beetlejuice Dune: Part Two Twisters Wicked Moana 2 Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire Kung Fu Panda 4

My new vid, IS CREATIVITY DEAD? is now up on YouTube. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aToM...

IS CREATIVITY DEAD? In case you missed it, check out my latest for The New York Times. If you’re not a subscriber, open an incognito window and paste in the URL: www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

IS CREATIVITY DEAD? My new video for @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2024/11/26/o...

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A glimpse info the countless sources that inspired the greatest superhero film that ever was and maybe ever will be... Watch the full video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhMa...

Whatever the medium you're working in, there are genre rules. You don't have to obey these rules, but you better know 'em.

I watched the first version of Everything is a Remix as a 30 year old who was a year a way from launching acreative studio, More Starch, I can't emphasize enough how much Kirby's work taught me about how to create, it's a lesson I've carried with me everyday of the past 14 years. We are all a remix.

If I die before the day is through, these are my parting words to you all.

The story behind the obscure sample powering Daft Punk's "One More Time" (Track analysis by Tracklib)

Thank you so much Ehsan! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

New Coca-Cola ad is AI-generated

Hello Bluesky! Let me reintroduce myself! My name is Kirby Ferguson and I'm best known for making the OG video essay series Everything is a Remix (2012-ish.) A new version of that series was completed last year and I'm very proud of it. You can watch that below. Come say hi!

Wanted to hear "Ahead by a Century" was swept back to Eastern Canada in the mid-90s by this autoplaying montage on the Hip's Apple Music page. RIP Gord Downie.

Did not have this on my bingo card

"allow me to reintroduce myself" I'm obsessed with data graphics. I recently produced designs for The White House, Google, and MIT. My passion is learning lessons from the long history of visual information. 📰 chartography.net 📚 visionaryPress.com 🖼️ infowetrust.com Thanks for 🔄 to help reconnect

Alternative Bone Throw #1: 2.8 MILLION YEARS LATER...

“The AI hype inferno is raging out of control. I’m going to heave a few much-needed buckets of water on this wildfire.” My latest for Freethink.