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> No flourish was too much Well, that's an uninformative title! It's about the life and work of the 19th C painter Tissot.
by yesenadam 6y ago
> No flourish was too much
Well, that's an uninformative title!
It's about the life and work of the 19th C painter Tissot.
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoI was expecting an analysis on the UX failure of flat design and the reversal to skeumorphism.
- ergl 6y agoFrom the London Review of Books?
- layoutIfNeeded 6y agoI didn’t know who’s behind the lrb.co.uk domain.
- dang 6y agoIt's good for HN readers to have to work a little. Not too often, and not too much—but enough to interrupt the reflexive circuits. https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20%22work%20a%20little%22&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=by%3Adang%20reflective%20reflex&sort=byDate&type=comment https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
- yesenadam 6y agoThank you! I spent a wonderful hour reading things you wrote and linked to. All admirably sensible and insightful, as usual. "The most interesting writing is that which does not quite satisfy the reader. Try and leave a little thinking for him; that will be better for both. The trouble with most writers is, they spread too thin. The reader is as quick as they; has got there before, and is ready and waiting. A little guessing does him no harm, so I would assist him with no connections. If you can see how the harness fits, he can. But make sure that you see it." – Emerson, in Talks With Ralph Waldo Emerson https://archive.org/details/cu31924014317105/page/n39/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/cu31924014317105/page/n39/mode/2...