--- title: “When Humans make stuff, we tend to make interesting things.” description: Last night I watched “Press Pause Play” which in it’s own words is a film about fear, hope and digital culture. If you’ve not heard the talk surrounding the movie one of the trailers is below and we’ll catch up once you’ve … well … caught up 🙂 Good huh? The interesting thing about Press […] url: https://canonical.com/blog/when-humans-make-stuff-we-tend-to-make-interesting-things?format=md --- 1. [Blog](https://canonical.com/blog) 2. Article --- [Canonical](https://canonical.com/blog/author/canonical "More about Canonical") 2 November 2011 # “When Humans make stuff, we tend to make interesting things.” [animation](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/animation) [Design](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/design) [illustration](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/illustration) [inspiration](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/inspiration-2) [web](https://canonical.com/blog/tag/web) --- Share the article Last night I watched “[Press Pause Play](http://www.presspauseplay.com)” which in it’s own words is a film about fear, hope and digital culture. If you’ve not heard the talk surrounding the movie one of the trailers is below and we’ll catch up once you’ve … well … caught up 🙂 Good huh? The interesting thing about Press Pause Play is that it speaks to people who are out in the world creating interesting things and discusses what the brave new world of powerful computers, amazing tools for creation and sharing of content and ideas instantly means for the creative arts. For better or worse anyone can be a film maker now or a photographer or web designer or musician. Install Ubuntu from a USB key, plug that computer into an internet connection and “Ta-Dahhh!” you’ve got instant access to tools which allow you to create amazing things. Or functional things. Or mundane things. Or robots … seriously … people are making robots and they’re using Ubuntu to do it. The film is extremely good and I’d urge anyone interested how people make stuff today, music, art, film all that “stuff” to watch it. I also think there’s a lot in there for people passionate about free and open source software. The way that we create software, these tools, this approach, it’s helping people who’ve never met to collaborate and produce all sorts of things. I found it an inspiring watch and best of all it’s available for free from [www.presspauseplay.com](http://www.presspauseplay.com) just download, grab a cup of tea and enjoy. I had jelly babies too but don’t eat too many, you’ll be sick. [Get in touch Interested in running Ubuntu in your organization?](https://ubuntu.com/about/contact-us/form) ## Sign up for our newsletter Get the latest Canonical news and updates in your inbox. Work email: \*I agree to receive information about Canonical's products and services. By submitting this form, I confirm that I have read and agree to [Canonical's Privacy Policy](https://canonical.com/legal/dataprivacy). Sign up ## Share on --- ## Related posts [### Why web engineering is great](https://canonical.com/blog/why-web-engineering-is-great) Hi, I’m Johann! I’m an engineering manager in Canonical’s web team. For the larger part of my 15 years of work experience as engineer, I’ve been working in web development.... [Johann Wolf](https://canonical.com/blog/author/johannwolf) 27 April 2026 [### Introducing a VSCode extension for Vanilla CSS Framework](https://canonical.com/blog/introducing-a-vscode-extension-for-vanilla-css-framework) The Vanilla CSS Framework is a utility class-based and customizable SASS library that is the go-to when it comes to styling websites and dashboards across the majority of... [Goulin Khoge](https://canonical.com/blog/author/goulinkh) 14 October 2022 [### Challenges designers face in open source (and how to fix them)](https://canonical.com/blog/challenges-designers-face-in-open-source-and-how-to-fix-them) Open source powers up to 90% of modern software, yet many projects lack usability. Canonical’s Design team surveyed 115 cross-functional professionals to uncover the 4 core... [Kola Ojoodide](https://canonical.com/blog/author/kola-ojoodide) 26 June 2026 [### Web Engineering: Celebrating Our Third Annual Hack Week](https://canonical.com/blog/web-engineering-celebrating-our-third-annual-hack-week) The Web Engineering team is thrilled to announce the successful conclusion of our third annual Hack Week! Over the past three years, this initiative has become a cornerstone of... [Anthony Dillon](https://canonical.com/blog/author/ya-bo-ng) 6 November 2025