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No, I completely disagree. The guy from that anecdote, he's a vice president of one of the largest publishers in America. Nobody's gonna say no to him. And most
by Eric_WVGG 3y ago
No, I completely disagree. The guy from that anecdote, he's a vice president of one of the largest publishers in America. Nobody's gonna say no to him. And most designers I know are independents.
Do you know the restaurant industry term mis en place? It's this practice of laying out your tools at the beginning of your work shift, so you can grab the knife or the salt or the mixing bowl without even looking. Disrupting a chef's mis en place is an great way to get stabbed.
An even modestly talented graphic designer doesn't look at their keyboard or desktop at all while they're working, they exhibit fantastic amounts of muscle memory while navigating their various screens and palettes.
They also suffer from an unfortunate lack of neural plasticity. There is no room in their day or desire for picking up new techniques, they're way more interested in the ideas they're absorbed with.
- glennonymous 3y agoCreative people suffer from a lack of neural plasticity? Interesting…
- tough 3y agoI think neural plasticity is better allocated to the niche specific ideas they're working with than to re-learn the UX/UI some Product Manager looking for a bonus or raise or whatever, thought a good idea. I've had to disable the new bubbles download from chrome in so many places already, even my fucking dentist couldn't produce a recipe because they couldn't find the new UI. professionals like their tools to be reliable and not at the whims of capital greedy corps.
- TeMPOraL 3y ago> They also suffer from an unfortunate lack of neural plasticity. There is no room in their day or desire for picking up new techniques, they're way more interested in the ideas they're absorbed with. Don't confuse "lack of neural plasticity" with lack of tolerance for tech industry's bullshit. They most likely have a strong case to make that those updates are unnecessary, and likely making a perfectly fine workflow worse. Computers, in general, have been getting increasingly less ergonomic and less functional over time, and the decrease in ergonomics affects even the most specialized software aimed at professionals.
- Eric_WVGG 3y agoI get that, but it cuts both ways. The whole "Adobe CC" thing is also tech industry bullshit, and it is far beyond many designers to even take modest steps to update their skillset. I sometimes work with one graphic designer who delivers web design in PDFs built in Adobe InDesign and expects everything to be pixel-perfect. It's madness.