msutherl

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by msutherl 14y ago
Can somebody please edit the title to exclude (fictional) -- with that it is no longer interesting
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by msutherl 14y ago
Stefan Sagmeister's logo/branding for Casa da Música takes this idea in reverse – the logo colors are determined by the surrounding imagery: http://www.sagmeister.com/work/featured#/node/192
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by msutherl 14y ago
ugh, that video made me kind-of like it
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by msutherl 14y ago
Why can't I find a company to work for with people like you guys?
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by msutherl 14y ago
Lovely argument that I would like to second. I think you're the first person outside of my former research group that I've seen reference the Nature of Order . That made me very happy. It's too bad the books are so expensive – they deserve
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by msutherl 14y ago
No, he is a strong man.
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by msutherl 14y ago
For those interested in typography, while I found blog posts helpful in teaching myself, if you really want to understand, I recommend reading one of the canonical texts depending on your particular interest. Typography is a deep field with
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by msutherl 14y ago
#1 will get you so so far
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by msutherl 14y ago
I agree that in a lot of cases it can be good to just persevere, but I'm really tired of seeing this back-and-forth. It's not all or nothing. If you're doubting yourself, if you're not 'all-in', take a break. You can go back and you will if
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by msutherl 14y ago
They hate it because it sucks. His whole article is about how much and why it sucks. Then he concludes that maybe it doesn't suck. Maybe it's just him. It reminds me of Winston Smith, wondering whether it's he that's insane after all.
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by msutherl 14y ago
A large contributing factor to the current trend of Turing fetishism is the fact that so many people in a range of fields read "Computing Machinery and Intelligence" in University as an introduction to the problem of artificial intelligence
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by msutherl 14y ago
Indeed, "creative" in this context refers to special attention paid to creating new concepts. A "creative programmer" is somebody who's occupation is to come up with new ideas in code. This contrasts with "non-creative" programmers, who typ
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by msutherl 14y ago
Thanks for this! I'm among the new batch of students that are the subject of this article and currently looking for jobs in NY. I've been maintaining a similar list, but yours contains a number of additions for which I'm grateful. Some advi
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by msutherl 14y ago
Type-setting, layout, user experience. A magazine is not an app, but a magazine can be an app.
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by msutherl 14y ago
What I was trying to express. I can't really have a deep relationship with somebody who doesn't understand these things.
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by msutherl 14y ago
Alas it is too late to edit. Let me clarify what I mean by "trust", as it is a vague word that includes a range between trusting somebody with your life and trusting somebody to remain sane under ordinary conditions. What I mean by "trust"
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by msutherl 14y ago
The reason that peer pressure to do drugs is so intense is that for those doing the pressuring, you look like a crazy person. They look at the vast majority of people in their environment who do drugs on a regular basis, often throughout th
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by msutherl 14y ago
I did this for a year during high school and loved it. That mellow feeling is a very particular state of mind that I really cherish. I've yet to encounter it in any other circumstance. I recall reading on Wikipedia that a number of historic
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by msutherl 14y ago
6 years ago or so, when I first came across his website, it appeared as a revelation. His use of typography was very advanced at the time. I agree it looks rather ordinary and a tad busy compared to today's standard.
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by msutherl 14y ago
Prior to the distinction between UI and UX, you had (and still have) all sorts of graphic designers whose work fits into different ranges on the spectrum between function and form. Poster designers are concerned with catching the public's e
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by msutherl 14y ago
"MDMA does not 'wake one up' but establishes a greater memory retention for those events existentially nurturing to one's happiness." Indeed, though I would add that, in addition to increasing memory retention, it makes possible events that
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by msutherl 14y ago
UX designers are web designers with no sense of style.
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by msutherl 14y ago
"Of course, the cost of using 171 million metric tons of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer is paid in dead zones at the mouths of many of the world's rivers. These anoxic zones result from nitrogen-rich runoff promoting algal blooms that then d
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by msutherl 14y ago
People do it organic and especially local vegetables because they are more nutritious. But "more nutritious" doesn't mean "more vitamins". First of all, which vitamins? Surely they didn't test for every single vitamin found in all vegetable
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by msutherl 14y ago
I trailed one of them.
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by msutherl 14y ago
Love the music so far, but it seems biased toward indie rock. Is that by design? I prefer electronic music, am I out of luck?
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by msutherl 14y ago
I had a similar experience that took place over the course of a single day in which I tracked down that thieves in real-time and confronted them in a parking lot. Instead of calling the cops, and since they had taken money and not an actual
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by msutherl 14y ago
This is not "the main problem". This is "a" specific way of looking at things that becomes relevant in certain situations. There are factors at play that often render this view naive, such as the fact that untrained consumers need to learn
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by msutherl 14y ago
Hey PG, as a former painter, did you have a hand in designing the book cover? If so, can you tell us a bit about the color and layout choices? The electric blue and the not-quite desaturated photograph create a pretty striking effect and th
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by msutherl 14y ago
Some people make a point of appreciating the small joys of life. Others do not. Much effort and attention is lost on the latter.

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