Colin Anawaty is an interactive director and entrepreneur at MPOWER Labs. He works and plays in Austin, TX. Follow @colin Tumblr (3.0; @colinanawaty)http://colinanawaty.com/<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/9oG1IfQx9Oc?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>One of a kind.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/23892008147http://colinanawaty.com/post/23892008147Sun, 27 May 2012 18:01:33 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3pglyNqtz1qa7v3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>There’s work and there’s your life’s work.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/22650146452http://colinanawaty.com/post/22650146452Tue, 08 May 2012 08:10:46 -0500workapplecultureproductinnovation“<p>It begins with having an engineering-led culture, where technology decisions are made on their technical merits, never on personal grounds. It also means allowing craftsmen to solve problems by creating new tools, rather than with just a labored application of the old. These are values that Google and Facebook, two veritable Guild halls of the Valley, tout to any engineer who asks.</p> <p>Finally, the implicit compact that the Guild makes with a company is that their efforts will not be in vain. The most powerfully attractive force for the Guild is the promise of building a product that will get into the happy hands of hundreds, thousands, or millions. This is the coveted currency that even companies that have struggled to build an engineering reputation, like Foursquare, can offer.</p>”http://colinanawaty.com/post/22326558745http://colinanawaty.com/post/22326558745Thu, 03 May 2012 12:12:03 -0500productlife goalsmotivations<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/rY-YV1E1CpI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>2Pac hologram performance at Coachella 2012. Incredible.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/21211417630http://colinanawaty.com/post/21211417630Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:50:52 -05002paccoachella<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Gtl8K0kO4P4?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>5 people, 1 guitar. gotye - somebody that I used to know by @walkofftheearth. </p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/17852074235http://colinanawaty.com/post/17852074235Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:21:59 -0600gotyewalk off the earth<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/35396305" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Yosemite HD project. http://www.projectyose.com</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/16353476188http://colinanawaty.com/post/16353476188Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:57:07 -0600yosemitehdcanon 5dSheldon NeillColin Delehanty<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/1p-TV4jaCMk?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>The day LOLcatz died. Locate your rep: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/16061822900http://colinanawaty.com/post/16061822900Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:34:50 -0600lolcatssopa<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Sel1qIWg5w0?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Sh*t Austinites Say.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/15928541646http://colinanawaty.com/post/15928541646Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:11:09 -0600austintexaspossumbox<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/34772360" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>@ChaoticMoon’s Board of Awesomeness</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/15627918820http://colinanawaty.com/post/15627918820Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:17:26 -0600skateboardmicrosoftkinectxboxsamsungwindows 8<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxabrf2e0S1qzleu4o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The future is unwritten.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/15302922169http://colinanawaty.com/post/15302922169Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:20:27 -0600futureunwritten<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwmhmnPPxh1qa7v3oo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Life is always bueno.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/14630902301http://colinanawaty.com/post/14630902301Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:44:00 -0600life is goodbueno buenopinky ringscotch<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/FRWatw_ZEQI?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Ice Cube reflects on Ray and Charles Eames. Before Ice got into the rap game, he studied architectural drafting.</p> <blockquote> <p>They were doing mashups before mashups even existed. It’s not about the pieces, it about how the pieces work together…</p> <p>In a world full of mc-mansions, where the structure takes up all the land, Eames made the structure and nature as one. This is going green 1949 style, bitch!</p> </blockquote>http://colinanawaty.com/post/13923594977http://colinanawaty.com/post/13923594977Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:04:39 -0600ray eamescharles eamesice cubearchitecturelos ángeles<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvswuw4hIA1qa7v3oo6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvswuw4hIA1qa7v3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvswuw4hIA1qa7v3oo3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvswuw4hIA1qa7v3oo4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvswuw4hIA1qa7v3oo5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>When I first watched <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Swiss_Family_Robinson" target="_blank">Swiss Family Robinson</a>, I knew I wanted a <a href="http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=swiss+family+robinson&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hl=en&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=OofeTtDTM5CFsgLA_NmoBw&biw=1753&bih=933&sei=RofeTtK9IMbHsQKFxZiECg#um=1&hl=en&client=safari&rls=en&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=swiss+family+robinson+treehouse&pbx=1&oq=swiss+family+robinson+treehouse&aq=f&aqi=g5g-S5&aql=&gs_sm=e&gs_upl=142l1485l0l1638l10l9l0l3l3l0l166l675l2.4l6l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&fp=20c3a2af02a1eb01&biw=1753&bih=933" target="_blank">treehouse</a> near the beach. In 2001, I traveled to Costa Rica and found it to be an ideal location for an off-beat retirement home. I wasn’t the only one, check out the <a href="http://www.fincabellavista.net" target="_blank">FincaBellavista</a> community.</p> <blockquote> <p>The whole of the property is now over 300 acres, encompassing an entire peninsula of rainforest mountain, frontage on two whitewater rivers, countless big trees, and lots of cool critters like frogs, birds and monkeys. A handful of dedicated employees, owners and friends have all contributed their time, energy, and creativity to make ‘the finca’ what it is today.</p> </blockquote>http://colinanawaty.com/post/13839690526http://colinanawaty.com/post/13839690526Tue, 06 Dec 2011 15:25:00 -0600costa ricaswiss family robinsontreehousefincabellavista<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg7f8l2ew1qa7v3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/> Pura vida.<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg7f8l2ew1qa7v3oo2_500.jpg"/><br/> Pano view from porch.<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvg7f8l2ew1qa7v3oo3_500.jpg"/><br/> 2 of 5 extra roommates.<br/><br/> <p>Decompressing and deep thoughts in Costa Rica. Pura vida!</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/13522309829http://colinanawaty.com/post/13522309829Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:45:07 -0600costa ricamanuel antoniovacation<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r6XbhIRtUjQ?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Bicycle wheel animation.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/13278162308http://colinanawaty.com/post/13278162308Thu, 24 Nov 2011 19:12:14 -0600bicycleanimationwheelcyclist<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv2grnE9e11qa7v3oo1_500.gif"/><br/><br/><p>This seems to be how we fix our problems in America.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/13157969514http://colinanawaty.com/post/13157969514Tue, 22 Nov 2011 08:40:35 -0600barack obamadebt ceilingprint moneymake it rainover-spending<iframe width="400" height="225" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/nY7GnAq6Znw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><strong>Jon Gomm - Passionflower.</strong> Incredible sound and dynamics for just one acoustic guitar player. Great voice too. <a href="http://www.jongomm.com" title="Jon Gomm" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.jongomm.com">http://www.jongomm.com</a></a></p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/12928545041http://colinanawaty.com/post/12928545041Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:52:46 -0600jon gommpassionfloweracousticguitar<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lurdljH3iI1qa7v3oo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Beautiful sunrise this morning. Taken with an iPhone 4 (HDR) from my balcony.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/12882068553http://colinanawaty.com/post/12882068553Wed, 16 Nov 2011 08:58:00 -0600HDRaustinsunrisetexasiphone<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32001208" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Incredible time lapse sequences taken by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station.</p> <p>From Michael Konig (the editor):</p> <blockquote> <p>HD, refurbished, smoothed, retimed, denoised, deflickered, cut, etc. All in all I tried to keep the looks of the material as original as possible, avoided adjusting the colors and the like, since in my opinion the original footage itself already has an almost surreal and aestethical visual nature.</p> </blockquote>http://colinanawaty.com/post/12810902532http://colinanawaty.com/post/12810902532Mon, 14 Nov 2011 18:18:57 -0600earthNASAtime lapseRon GaranSatoshi FurukawaInternational Space StationMichael König<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/30619461" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Insane stylized dance mixing power b-boying and yoga.</p>http://colinanawaty.com/post/12789727198http://colinanawaty.com/post/12789727198Mon, 14 Nov 2011 08:33:00 -0600b-boybreak danceflowyogatime lapse