Ideas I want to write about
His abstract forms don’t just attract attention — they demand active interpretation, forcing viewers to create meaning rather than passively consume it.
Reimagining UI in the Age of AI
Kandinsky
To opt out, though, is to be excluded.
Adam Aleksic • how the algorithm keeps you under control
“Why isn’t it an app?” This argument feels like the make change from the inside. We know that’s not how the world works, but it’s hard to see that you’re in water as a fish.
But what’s hanging in the balance is the image-cultural environment of the future. One not dominated by a format monopoly.
But what’s hanging in the balance is the image-cultural environment of the future. One not dominated by a format monopoly.
In Search of New Software Cultures
from Reggie James
All models are wrong - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.orgWorld class leaders and companies are never defeated. They decide to defeat themselves by chanting the following mantras:
Cannot sacrifice margin.
New competitors and markets are too niche or too unsophisticated.
Customer and clients will not accept the change.
We do not have the skills and this sounds like a different business.
Cannot sacrifice margin.
New competitors and markets are too niche or too unsophisticated.
Customer and clients will not accept the change.
We do not have the skills and this sounds like a different business.
7 Steps to Transformation.
Now the point of this myth is the fact that men at once become fascinated by any extension of themselves in any material other than themselves.
- Marshall McLuhan, Understanding Media - The Gadget Lover: Narcissus as Narcosis
In Search of New Software Cultures
What brands have realized is, you can create a “halo effect” around this that drives revenue for your brand. People line up to buy the limited edition stuff, and if they don’t get it, they still buy something less exclusive because they have already decided that your brand is cool and desirable and they want to advocate.
Reggie Casagrande • The evolution of Energy Marketing from Street Culture to Main Street
When design teams end up with solutions that feel vague or generic, it’s usually because they started with the component instead of the user’s goal.
Component first = “I need a slider with a volume label and a time picker.”
Goal first = “Users need to adjust playback speed and expand event durations.”
Component first = “I need a slider with a volume label and a time picker.”
Goal first = “Users need to adjust playback speed and expand event durations.”