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On the Record with Apple Industrial Designer Eugene Whang
‘We don’t really talk about design a lot around here, we talk about how things work,’ he said a year after the iPod’s debut. ‘Most people think it is how they look, but it is not really how they look it is how they work.’
Alice Rawsthorn • Hello World: Where Design Meets Life
Taste figures much more prominently when it comes to Apple Music and other similar endeavors. The DJ-focused Beats 1 “radio” station, for example, is clearly intended to make certain songs popular, not simply identify popularity after it is already attained. This in particular is a natural fit for Apple, and is the part of Apple Music I am most int... See more
Ben Thompson • Curation and Algorithms
The deeper you get into the process, the more you realize this idea of man and machine — of disappearing into the computer — becomes a form of automatic writing. Sleight of hand. You almost don’t feel conscious when you’re working. For me, that’s the tipping zone into the man-machine idea. When I got into electronic music, I recognized early on tha
... See moreNathan Taylor Pemberton • Electronic Producer Actress Wants to Know How an AI Managed to Paint a Face
One such curator is Derrick Gee, a former online radio d.j. who lives in Australia. I first encountered Gee on TikTok and was pulled in by his architect-ish look: thin wireframe glasses and stylishly baggy, often monochrome outfits. He records videos of himself talking into a microphone in a low, soothing voice, breaking down trends in contemporary... See more
Kyle Chayka • The New Generation of Online Culture Curators | The New Yorker
One of the best examples of an enormously compelling product description is the language Steve Jobs used to introduce the original iPod. When the product was unveiled in 2001, the market was full of MP3 players, and it would have been tempting for Jobs to fall back on messaging explaining why his version was different and better. Instead, he brilli
... See moreMorgan Brown • Hacking Growth: How Today's Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success
As all forms of media have moved into streaming, when everything seems to be a single click away, it’s easy to forget that we can also have physical, non-algorithmic relationships with the pieces of culture we consume in our personal time. We store books on bookshelves, mount art on our living room walls, and keep stacks of vinyl records. When we w
... See moreKyle Chayka • Filterworld
