Stephen Black
@maith
Video, photography, art, writing. Since 2015, however, focused on AR, Augmented Reality. launching newsletters
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How the Sounds of a Calculator Ended Up on Sublime's Website
Alex Dobrenko`sublimeinternet.substack.com
Extremely well written story about an extremely sublime aspect of Sublime.
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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In this video, Jenna spends 9 minutes and 30 seconds talking about the YouTube algorithm, screens a graphic showing how many watch hours she needs to start monetizing her videos, then implores the viewer to let the video run in the background to help her hit that watch-hour goal .
🔴 Never submit to the algorithm
Awareness, for one. Creating friction—like setting boundaries, muting notifications, or whatever suits you—can help us take back control and make the game work in our favor. As Kahneman himself suggested, recognizing our cognitive shortcuts is half the battle; the other half is finding ways to challenge them.
A theory about Game Theory, and noise
Gen Zers and millennials are surprisingly discovering new brands and businesses the old-fashioned way — by walking around their communities.
⚡️ AI’s Hollywood
If your internet connection isn’t fast enough, your stream will buffer or downgrade to a lower resolution. Some services use aggressive compression, too, so a well-encoded 1080p stream looks better than a heavily compressed 4K one.