Simon Huber
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Simon Huber
"How to clarify a concept you can't articulate:
1. Change mediums. Draw it. Photograph it. Sing it.
2. Change levels. Explain what is one level up (bigger picture) or one level down (finer details).
3. Change fields. What would this concept look like in different fields?"
(James Clear newsletter)
All of us who do creative work, we get into it because we have good taste. But there is this gap. For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not. But your taste, the thing that got you into the game, is still killer. And your taste is why your work disappoints you. A lot of... See more
Guter Geschmack kommt vor gutem Stil!
Burnett, in an opinion piece that he co-wrote in the Times last fall, argued that schools, rather than just expecting students to pay attention, should teach them how.
cultural study of education and Ideas I want to write about
Not Paying attention, rather applying attention
By many measures, Follett said, one of the very worst advertising environments is social media: “People are scrolling so tremendously quickly, like on a slot machine in Vegas—is it any wonder no one actually looks at these ads?” One of the most valuable advertising spaces, according to his data, is next to long, absorbing articles from trusted publ... See more
Paying attention to a one arm
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secondsunrise.at
On the other hand, wherever my eyes moved, something happened. When I opened Microsoft Word, a keyboard floated up. I was told to type using my eyes. I did—or, rather, D-i-d—moving my gaze from letter to letter. For someone used to touch-typing while sometimes ranging his eyes around the room, this immersion in the key-by-key process was a surreal ... See more
Mapping Ways of Reading becomes Writing
"the question of whether a computer can think is no more interesting than the question of whether a submarine can swim."
- edsger dijkstra
Kann das Zitat jetzt gerade nicht finden: aber Sinngemäß schrieb Kittler zum Turing-Test: “Turing beantwortete die Frage, ob Maschinen denken können, mit nüchterner Eleganz, nämlich, dass es gar keine Frage ist.”
Children’s Drawings - Tetragrammaton
tetragrammaton.com
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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