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I thought my hotel neighbors were playing awesome music all night long; then I realized the sound was coming from the iPod in my jacket. yourmonkeycalled
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the three C’s I try to teach my students as the three core principles of design:
# Content: There needs to be a message or meaning. Everything needs a reason to exist, otherwise it shouldn’t.
# Context: Content doesn’t live in a vacuum. A Chanel bag sitting on a shelf at Wal-Mart will only confuse.
# Contrast: An element is made stronger when a counterelement is offered. Salt tastes saltier after one has had some sugar.
Content, Context, Contrast | Technology Review: Blogs: John Maeda’s blog:
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At the beginning of my shift I placed a stethoscope on an elderly and slightly deaf female patient’s anterior chest wall. “Big breaths,” I instructed. “Yes, they used to be,” replied the patient. Funny moments for Doctors
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