MargaretC
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MargaretC
Waterstones, Piccadilly, London
27 Dec 2024
Waterstones Piccadilly, London 27 Dec 24
Made me smile and feel like 10 again!
In my local bookshop whilst browsing in the interiors I found a sealed blue envelope in one of the books. It wasn't addressed to anyone and there wasn't another one in other copies of the same book. I felt it was for me to open!! Not quite the words or message I'd hoped for but an enchanting experience.
The best prompt for idea generation in our paper for GPT-4 was “Generate product ideas with the following requirements: [insert constraints here]. The ideas are just ideas. The product need not yet exist, nor may it necessarily be clearly feasible. Follow these steps. Do each step, even if you think you do not need to. First generate a list of 100 ... See more
Ethan Mollick • 15 Times to Use AI, and 5 Not To
A brand is always answering two questions. The first one internally facing: What do we believe? The second, externally: How do we behave? You must remain authentic to yourself, your core values, and what you stand for. If you’re not, people will sniff you out. But your brand must maintain cultural congruence — remaining relevant to the times, alway... See more
Brian Collins • 101 Design Rules
Plotnick: There was this kind of touchscreen mania, where all of a sudden everything became a touchscreen. Your car was a touchscreen, your refrigerator was a touchscreen. Over time, people became somewhat fatigued with that. That’s not to say touchscreens aren’t a really useful interface, I think they are. But on the other hand, people seem to hav... See more
Willie D. Jones • Q&A: Rachel Plotnick On the Return of Tactile Controls
Aristotle held contemplation as the highest human capacity, ranking it above activity, because it involves thinking about the cosmos, which far exceeds in beauty and complexity any work of human hands. From his perspective, actually reading a book—the work of human hands—would not be true contemplation. I do not follow this Aristotelian definition ... See more