This was a long time ago, and I could be paraphrasing, but I recall someone (who knew about such things) saying the Space Shuttle was famous for having "the grace and aerodynamic properties of a pair of pliers."
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Using a browser that defaults to another search engine is jarring. I see screenshots of what Google search results look like now, and it's like seeing the neighborhood you grew up in with shuttered storefronts and mouldering houses.
> Stories are being weaponised by populists who thrive on fear and capitalists who benefit from monetising it. The best storytellers are winning attention and winning power and keeping their power by telling even better stories.
It is increasingly costly to reach an audience (especially one of the size that would be required to have a "shared ground") not only in the sense of cash money, but also the attention cost of convincing that audience that those "better stories" (perhaps more shocking, outraging, etc.) they've been told might not be actually true.
News is becoming yet another industry that rewards the first mover -- write that first shocking headline, and all the other outlets have to work 10 or 100 times as hard to correct it later.
I would want to solve this because unhoused people are suffering, and downtown (as a neighborhood) has been sort of hollowed out by business choosing to leave for practical reasons (WFH) and because of the perception of "too many" unhoused people. I love downtown, it's just not a pleasant place to spend time, especially at night.
I do not have the resources nor the political acumen for these kinds of initiatives, and I think it would take a great deal of resources to not only buy the land but demolish or renovate the buildings. It would create a lot of jobs (construction at first) but I think there's a large amount of activation energy required to get started.
[1]: https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/local/legal-action-taken-a...
Pantone inks in specific, and printed colors in general, don't convert precisely to RGB. Ambient light reflects off paper to your eyeballs; a screen beams light into your eyeballs.
It's a nice little nostalgic thought exercise, though.
Does it make the end product better? Not really: I would have gotten there with a function written by me or some LLM. But like everything I've been asked to do my professional career, it allows me to do more with less. More dumb functions in less time.
I understand Robby had a presence in other features too.
We are also blessed to have a kidney specialist that, as part of this system, has some tenure and traction in this hospital system, and is -- in my opinion -- an incredible doctor and hospitalist who proactively navigates these systems on our behalf. I 100-percent realize that this doctor does not exist everywhere, and we are incredibly fortunate to have him on "our team".
In any setting -- ER/ED, inpatient, outpatient, clinic, urgent care -- when you talk with doctors and nurses, answer their questions, no matter how repetitive. Be kind, and understand that the person you're talking with _now_ has exactly 20 seconds of experience with your case and influence over a very small part of the system.
The phrase that has gotten me farthest is "Hey, I'm a dum dum, but." For example, everyone along the way was ready to tell me why what she had _wasn't_ a seizure, and I wasn't going to argue with them, but what I said instead was "I'm a dum dum, but it really looked like a seizure to me. Her fists clenched, I tried to unclench them but I couldn't. I rolled her onto her side because Seizure Protocol. She said herself she lost control of her muscle movements."
The best thing you can do (like the post author) is be an active, participating advocate for your loved one, the patient: Every. Single. Time.
Note that this does not appear to integrate with Apple’s digital driver license program in the Wallet app. [1]
1: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/apple-lets-you-store-your-dr...
1: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/just-press-record/id1033342465
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Coming up with that visual language is more work. Typically companies like to be unique (but not too weird) so while you can identify "best practices" among larger brands, most of your time is identifying what makes them different, and finding the best way to highlight those features visually. There tends to be some back and forth with this, and there are a lot of feelings to navigate, especially if the customer has strong preferences about how things look.
Color, layout, heirarchy, history and perception are all part of a good design education! It's worth your while to find art and artists that you like, and find how they solve problems. Paul Rand and Massimo Vignelli are two significant personal influences, and they have written extensively (or had things written about them) about their process and thinking.
(Edit: I spelled Massimo Vignelli's name wrong, oops)
Speaking broadly, good design reduces friction. Design is a methodology to solve a problem. Maybe there is a form that needs filling out, or an important message that someone needs to know. Good design makes the form easier to fill out and submit, and the message easy to read and understand. Bonus points if there's a little bit of joy to experience along the way!
Different problems require different solutions. Sometimes they require large teams, especially when user or customer research is important. Sometimes small teams or individuals can get things done faster, because they communicate well with each other. Still other times, a single opinionated outsider can move the needle with management far more than an entrenched internal team.
What you are looking at when you see a user experience that looks 'nice' may have happened by any one of those avenues. With the best design, you may never even know.
Design is a job. Good design takes work. That work happens in the infinity of ways that any work happens. A solid understanding of the problem domain makes the solution obvious, and it's a designer's job to gain that understanding, and work out solutions.