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curious librarian

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"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”

― William Morris

ime not creating is like not exercising: it slowly erodes you(r quality of life) in quiet ways you don’t notice until the damage accumulates

nibras ꩜x.com

make something wonderful

On Information

People talk about how AI is going to make design obsolete, and/or make pixel perfect designs not be a thing anymore. I don't think so. Pixel-perfect design mostly existed in designers’ minds anyway. The mocks might perfect but the final product rarely was. Most of the time,

Karri Saarinen x.com

design

At worst this worldview can lead to the esoteric, or the novel for novelty’s sake. But at its best it can feel liberating—permission to “disregard the words” and just build what feels exciting. Trusting that the words will follow.

Josh Miller • "Disregard the Words"

do things that don't compute

I'd Rather Read the Prompt

Clayton Ramsey claytonwramsey.com

"The whole point of making creative work is to share one’s own experience - if there’s no experience to share, why bother? If it’s not worth writing, it’s not worth reading."

The way to use chatbots is not to ask them what’s true but to tell them what you think is true and then ask them for feedback. This lets you learn without eroding your ability to think for yourself.

Gurwinder substack.com