Entheogenic Emily
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Entheogenic Emily
That the best new products ultimately take us back to the way things once were, but with more scale and efficiency.
Scott Belsky • What Is “Seeing the Matrix” for a Product Leader?
The best art makes your head spin with questions. Perhaps this is the fundamental distinction between pure art and pure design. While great art makes you wonder, great design makes things clear.
John Maeda • The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
The dictionary definition of nostalgia is a “pleasure and sadness that is caused by remembering something from the past and wishing that you could experience it again”.
The Face • Our obsession with nostalgia is driving a trend revival spiral
... See moreCOWEN: Next question. Speaking honestly, what makes you a great YouTuber?
AUSTIN: Speaking honestly, all right.
COWEN: We know you work hard. We know you’re smart, yes, yes, but what’s the secret sauce?
AUSTIN: Well, I don’t think I should know that. I think, honestly, the less I know about . . . I think all I should
We need ritual technology. Technology designed for ritual use.
Why? Most of the software we use daily is designed to engagement-max. Social media feeds, loot boxes, compulsion loops, gang gang yes yes yes ice cream so good. You’re caught in a feedback loop with the algorithm, and you are the squishiest part of that loop.
Ritual technology operates on... See more
Why? Most of the software we use daily is designed to engagement-max. Social media feeds, loot boxes, compulsion loops, gang gang yes yes yes ice cream so good. You’re caught in a feedback loop with the algorithm, and you are the squishiest part of that loop.
Ritual technology operates on... See more
Gordon Brander • Ritual Technology
What this exercise shows students is that just because you have looked at something doesn’t mean that you have seen it. Just because something is available instantly to vision does not mean that it is available instantly to consciousness. Or, in slightly more general terms: access is not synonymous with learning. What turns access into learning is ... See more
The Power of Patience
make websites cool again!!!! // visual diary #015: some interesting website interfaces i’ve seen lately.
Arrianesubstack.comYou don’t have to have a dream. Be micro-ambitious, work with pride on whatever is in front of you. Be careful on long term dreams, if you focus too far in front of you, you won’t see the shiny thing out the corner of your eye.
Tim Minchin
