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Designer based in Germany.
Bad skateboarder. Average photographer.
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Blog: www.ideasondesign.com
Website: https://www.david-mendes.com
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I notice that already. People are happy to be just a probabilistic average.
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Because of how cluttered it is. I think it’s powerful but it feels like 10 different tools inside 1, all with novel interaction patterns, when it comes to design tools.
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How do you even know?
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I really like corner, but I wish it had a little less "attitude" in its design choices.
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Masters or PhD in design makes little difference on pay in case you are an individual contributor. Quality of work and experience has a much larger impact. I’d only go back to school if I wanted to change fields.
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NetNewsWire
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I dislike slack just as much 😅
Actually I really hate how everyone is forced to deal with overcommunication on what feels like mIRC chat rooms.
At least email forced people to be thoughtful and clear.
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You can love and hate it at the same time. And I think most creative people are that conflicted. For the most part, the good is a consequence of the bad.
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Design feels a bit outdated, but I still save some stuff to Flipboard. It’s free, and works fine.
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I don’t know. Maybe when we crack infinite energy. At the moment most of these companies are incurring huge losses with their AI businesses; I believe they will keep charging.
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Using a CMOS sensor does not make sense nowadays. I think that could be the reason why it produces phone quality images.
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That, posts' highlight tab, and being able to check everyone's profiles and what they've been up to.
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They look great
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The original half frame is a delight, though. I still have a Fujica (Fujifilm) Half Frame in good condition.
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Yup, any second hand camera released in the past 5-10y (if not more) is better than this.
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Even for those employed it gets stressful. I never had a break from work, even when changing jobs. There is always an underlying fear that if you stop for too long you will end up missing the train.
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Yup, fair point. Also, I think Sam Altman prioritizes his own interests, so I suspect that if the category gets more and more crowded, as soon as his first physical product flops, heads are gonna roll. And industrial design will go with it.
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I don’t think this is going to go great. I don’t really trust that OpenAI, under Sam Altman, has a culture that allows great industrial design to foster.
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Agree 100%
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Sentient Salads could be the name of a salad-restaurant chain.
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I believe this is a systemic consequence of wars and economic "uncertainty". People like to blame others, and far-right plays into that: we could be great, if not for: immigration, corruption, social benefits, everyone else, but us.
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3. The others feel like commonplaces when it comes to AI.
But there's something still not quite right with the alignment.
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👋
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In general, after reading informed opinions pieces about an album I tend to have a better listening experience.
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For sure. I would even frame my favorite covers of a specific newspaper 😅
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I can’t remember the exact reason, but Mike Smith wrote about it somewhere. Anyway, I think it gave them exposure.
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I really enjoy how Smith & Diction do it. Especially their case for Alma, where they share experiments, failures, etc. Their cases feel very honest.
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In the past, I used to buy music magazines. Now I follow music bloggers on substack that cover genres I like. Also, I too use record club and NTS.
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They’re falling into the same trap as Apple when it comes to forcing themselves to release unfinished things on a set schedule.
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Peter Thiel, Marc Andreessen, and Co weaponizing politics…
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This is crazy. What about radio shows hosted on SoundCloud where the artists are unaware that their music is even included? 🤯
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Yup, if you ignore the new standards, it’s ironic that we’re now at the point we were at in 2007 or so.