The real issue is not talent as an independent element, but talent in relationship to will, desire and persistence.   — Milton Glaser

The brainchild of Portuguese designer José Tavares: Art Iknie, a series of figures based on a specific set of symbols. The art is cool. Just don't ask us to explain it.

Adweek is celebrating its 30-year anniversary with, what else?, a comprehensive 30th Anniversary Special on its Web site.

Yesterday, Intel kicked off "Live Music," a collaborative, community-driven, short film "experiment" (open to animators at all levels of experience) on the Facebook platform.

Adrants had a mention about this, um, "safe driving" spot from Ireland. Titled "The Mess," we can't say that we've ever seen anything quite like it.

Shades of TED: Pop!Casts. Pop!Tech posted a bunch of presentations, from last month's Scarcity and Abundance conference, to their site. They're good.

Next time you're congratulating yourself on your unique personal style, we have one word for you: Exactitudes. (Thanks Sam.)

Jessica Helfand and William Drenttel are lecturing at the Fashion Institute of Technology the evening of November 20. We're unsure what they'll be lecturing about; however, it's extremely likely that they'll be interesting.

Sunglass Hut already had a nice site; now that it has an e-commerce component it's, well, even better.

Yesterday, AT&T announced the public beta of VideoCrawler—a Web app for searching organizing and sharing online video and multimedia content. Odd, we thought it was already in public beta.

Making its way around the Internet, a beautiful but sobering TV spot by Lowe Roche Toronto for the ALS Society of Canada.