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Crying “Wolf!”

When warnings prove false, how should society react when they recur? more »

Old School

I went to a garage sale last summer and found an old B&D drill from the 50’s, and the gal behind the table said “they don’t make ‘em like that anymore!” Obviously this is a true statement, but her tone implied that perhaps her old drill is somehow superior to a drill today. Lets think about that for a minute.

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I am not a stylist.

One annoyance for industrial designers everywhere is the widespread perception among engineers that designers are on-staff to “pretty [the product] up” at the end of the design process. This mindset branches from a fundamental misconception about the contribution of industrial designers to the holistic good of a product.
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On Adobe Part 3: best case

In this, the final post on the Adobe-overdose kick I’ve been on this week, I’ll discuss what I think the ultimate “CS” solution would look like from my perspective. Enough intro, lets get it on!

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On Adobe Part 2:
Additional functionality.

In the last post I talked about what current functionalities in Photoshop and Illustrator CS2 need to be fixed or updated. In this one, I’ll talk about additional functionality that I think should be added. In the next entry I’ll cover what I think the ultimate versions of Photoshop and Illustrator would be like.

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