This. Is. Awesome.
Category: Notes
It’s hard to believe this is real life anymore.
It just feels so much like a B movie comedy script full of bumbling idiotic bafoons
All Hail King Zuckerberg?
One of the reasons I find it hard to believe that Facebook will be able to fix what is rotten at the core of the platform is… Read more “All Hail King Zuckerberg?”
Moving Beyond Loss Aversion
I came across this post by Cal Newport the other day and it brought some clarity to some self-examination I’ve been doing around why I want to… Read more “Moving Beyond Loss Aversion”
Rams, a Gary Hustwit documentary about designer Dieter Rams
I have enjoyed Gary’s work immensely, especially Urbanized and Helvetica. He’s making a film about the legendary designer Dieter Rams. Rams first appeared on my radar during my… Read more “Rams, a Gary Hustwit documentary about designer Dieter Rams”
Dark Patterns – User Hostile UX Design
This is what gets the most about the most recent fb scandal. Users were tricked into giving access not only to there own data but all of… Read more “Dark Patterns – User Hostile UX Design”
A Few Reasons Why I Love Wes Anderson Films
Life Aquatic was my introduction to the Wes Anderson world of film making. I was hooked immediately. Don’t think I really got all of this right away… Read more “A Few Reasons Why I Love Wes Anderson Films”
The case against Facebook – Vox
Everything I’ve been struggling with internally about fb for years now in one coherent article. Here’s the ballsy ending:
To simply walk away from it, shut it down, salt the earth, and move on to doing something entirely new would be an impossibly difficult decision for almost anyone. Nobody walks away from the kind of wealth and power that Facebook has let Zuckerberg accumulate. But he’s spoken frequently about his desire to wield that wealth and power for good. And while there are a lot of philanthropists out there who could donate to charities, there’s only one person who can truly “fix” Facebook by doing away with it.
https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/3/21/17144748/case-against-facebook
Android beats iOS in smartphone loyalty
Sarah Perez reporting for TechCrunch: Android brand loyalty has been remaining steadily high since early 2016, and remains at the highest levels ever seen. For our family… Read more “Android beats iOS in smartphone loyalty”
Apple shit used to be the best, and now it’s just not.
I used to put up with the arrogance of the company and actually find it a bit charming as long as their shit worked way better than anything else. It’s just not true anymore and the arrogance seems more and more user hostile. Apple has more resources than many nations and yet seven years later Siri still sucks hard enough to loose out to a speaker priced $250 less. Why is that? Either Apple is arrogant enough to believe they’re still the best or they’re simply unable to build the best shit these days. Either way, it’s not 1999 anymore. We have other options.