Francesco
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Francesco
Advertising and marketing have ruined *society*, the internet is just one of a l... | Hacker News
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Embracing your ever changing job description
The podcast that invited me to focus on this topic
I have found it useful to make the distinction between consistency in my own process and consistency in my output. Sometimes, I need both. Sometimes, I need one and not the other. Sometimes, I have to let them both go.
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
The word “sometimes,” in itself, implies inconsistency. I think the key for me is to operate with intention: To ensure that my... See more
A lot of people have the ability to make something with Canva but not something good and often they can’t tell they’ve made something bad. So there are a lot of bad graphics made in Canva. Design is skill set independent of just being able to use software. Just because you have the ability to make the background light green and the text light blue... See more
Why do people hate Canva Designers??
Basically swap “graphic design” with seating plans and this remains true
Brilliant. Simple. Fascinating. I wish I made this
But who are we — am I — trying to be original for? Myself, a client, a boss, a professor, Instagram, my mom, nobody at all? I think that it’s time to really think about who we’re creating for, so that we can strategize who deserves our originality, who deserves our efficiency, who deserves both, and who deserves neither. If there’s one thing I’m... See more
libbymarrs.net • Post-Authentic Sincerity a Premium Generic Essay
So is web design and copywriting. Maybe I can stop trying it to “come across as authentic”
need not to forget this
Sean Parker, Facebook’s founding president, said: “The thought process that went into building these applications ... was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’”
How Social Media Shortens Your Life
In a 2017 interview, Facebook’s founding president Sean Parker said:
“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, … was all about: ‘How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?’ And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while. […] It’s a social-validation feedback loop … exactly the kind of thing that a hacker like myself would come up with, because you’re exploiting a vulnerability in human psychology.”
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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