Brandon Marcus
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Brandon Marcus
A point of view is different from having a point. A point is an idea intentionally expressed. A point of view is the perspective—conscious and unconscious—through which the work emerges.
Rick Rubin • The Creative Act: A Way of Being
- Pre-modern information environments were locally shared common worlds mediated chiefly by our embodied experience.
- Modernity offered instead a de-situated public sphere built on a shared institutional and expert knowledge mediated by print and mass media.
- What we are now living through is the collapse of the modern arrangement and the emergence of
L. M. Sacasas • From Common Sense to Bespoke Realities
Reflect on your daily annoyances. Notice those moments when you think to yourself, “I wish I had a tool for this.” Keep a journal or notes app handy to log every micro-frustration. Start with tasks or processes you repeat often. If you build a tool to handle something you face regularly, you’ll experience immediate relief every time you use it.
Edmar Ferreira • Selfish Software
... See moreI've been using the term "attentional regime" to describe some set of rules, norms, or structures that govern attention in any given setting. They can be the most basic regime of turn-taking in conversation or the more complex rules of floor time in the US Senate. But whatever they are, participants have some knowledge of the rules and some level o
... See moreInfluencers are opinion leaders with the power to influence what people believe or buy and the capacity to shape sentiment and norms within their niche. They innately understand how to connect with others in a digital age, developing intimate trusted relationships with their followers, yet are also capable of achieving reach commensurate with mass
What if we spent less time shouting into the void and being washed over with shouting in return-and more time talking in rooms to those for whom our words are intended? If we have only so much attention to give, and only so much time on this earth, we might want to think about reinfusing our attention and our communication with the intention that b... See more
Jenny Odell • How to Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy
A relevancy instinct that allows you to see how a real world trend or event can be connected to a broader narrative that the audience already understands and cares about.
