alsomike

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by alsomike 16y ago
But there's a sense in which minimalism is highly ornamental - it uses space, proportion and texture as ornament, rather than treating them as containers for ornamentation. Lots of designers shy away from minimalism because it's a very unfo
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How is it hyperbolic? Your definition of a "professionally-designed" logo excludes the normal professional process for identity design. Then you conclude that engineering always beats aesthetics.
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In other words, a lot of time is spent attacking straw men that don't resemble what professional working designers actually do. The attitudes and beliefs attributed to designers sounds more like it comes from people who pass themselves off
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You sound like Dilbert's boss.
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Bing has run ads. Google too, at the last Superbowl. Eharmony has been profitable since 2004, with $250 million annual revenue. Another counterexample: Ancestry.com
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by alsomike 16y ago
Counter examples: Meetup.com and dating sites.
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by alsomike 16y ago
Possibly not the third reality, but the only reality. What if pleasure and control are always two sides of the fascist coin? The totalitarian master isn't only saying "Sacrifice yourself for the good of the Nation, discipline yourself, foll
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by alsomike 16y ago
That's much trickier than you think, because people's reactions are highly contextual. Imagine if someone went on the dance floor who you wouldn't expect to have any dance moves at all, but they are pretty good. They would get extremely pos
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by alsomike 16y ago
"Science advances one funeral at a time." -Max Planck
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Simulacra and Simulation - Jean Baudrillard Dialectic of Enlightenment - Max Horkheimer, Theodor Adorno The Sublime Object of Ideology - Slavoj Zizek Sources of the Self - Charles Taylor
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by alsomike 16y ago
This "cause and effect" argument strikes me as incredibly shallow thinking. Do you seriously believe that the only way people learn cause and effect is from spankings? Appealing to cause and effect is extremely misleading because a punishme
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I have been studying continental philosophy for a few years now, mostly Kant, Hegel, Lacan and Heidegger. I think it's extremely interesting and rewarding and I recommend it to anyone who doesn't feel intellectually challenged. I read a boo
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If you think postmodernism comes from Hegel, I'm not convinced you know what continental philosophy is.
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Some of the more interesting data is when beginner and advanced use of a feature is similar, but intermediate use is way different. Scroll vertical up is 16.7 and 14.4 for beginners and advanced users, but 54.9 for intermediate users. So be
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by alsomike 16y ago
This quote, plus the author's misuse of Buddhist concepts reminds me of a quote from the book Zen at War, attributed to a prominent Buddhist priest: "If ordered to march: tramp, tramp or shoot: bang, bang. This is the manifestation of the h
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by alsomike 16y ago
In your restaurant example, I'd say there's no distinction between the second and the third option. Even though there is a dynamic market of different restaurants, by virtue of the fact that they are in competition with each other, they are
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by alsomike 16y ago
Despite all the enthusiasm around decentralization, I think it's a failed option. It creates the illusion that power doesn't exist, when it's only been hidden, making it harder to fight. I've written about that here: http://news.ycombinato
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by alsomike 16y ago
Social responsibility needs to be imposed on those in positions of power. Or would you rather we trust elites on their assurance that they are good and kind and just? That's how the old feudal monarchies used to work.
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This is certainly true, which is why the libertarian bent of some developers who disavow any notion of social responsibility is so disturbing.
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Written by marketers? You mean something like "An error occurred! Oh, and have you signed up for our promotional newsletter? It's FREE!"
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by alsomike 16y ago
Maybe he's pulling up the ladder after he climbed it!
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Yes, way to buck the system and advocate neoliberal ideas from political outsiders like Reagan, Thatcher, Bush, Clinton, Blair, W & Obama.
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by alsomike 16y ago
The only publishers that this will affect are the ones that ignore readability and user experience. That's the only time you'd use this feature. I think letting users punish poor design is brilliant way to create the right incentives.
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by alsomike 16y ago
Two things about this strike me as very strange: - putting creativity and constraints in opposition, rather than seeing constraints at the heart of creativity. This is the ultimate justification for doing nothing, it says "I can't be creati
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But why can't free software compete without the government mandating it's use? Without licensing costs, it should have an advantage. The answer is that free software is often unresponsive to user's needs, and telling users to scratch their
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Maybe he is Big Brother, but is that a bad thing? Today's authorities wrap themselves in "anti-authoritarianism", constantly demanding that we express ourselves creativity, think for ourselves and be unique. Far from being subversive, this
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by alsomike 16y ago
But isn't it strange that many climate deniers are skeptical of global warming, yet have total faith in a much more implausible idea: a coordinated group of scientists are systematically suppressing dissent to further their ideology.
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by alsomike 16y ago
This reminds me of a story in Freud's The Interpretation of Dreams illustrating psychological denial. It's about a man who returns a borrowed kettle that had been broken to his neighbor. To explain the damage he says "It's not broken; when
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Wikipedia is a perfect example of what I'm talking about, because it's controlled by a very small number of elites with no accountability. This is true of Britannica, but the difference is that Wikipedia editors have perversely managed to c
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On the contrary, his only mistake was that he didn't see that the naive idealistic pseudo-democratization which co-opts the people's creativity to become conduits for advertising is one and the same as corporate capitalism.

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