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Future is for the Philomath Designer

Monday, September 27, 2010

I looked at the “T” in T-Shaped Designer under a microscope and the vertical is actually a lot more complex. Though the name is simplified to a marketable catch-phrase, it looks more like the image below: The misunderstanding of the T-Shaped Designer (specialization + generalist knowledge/experience/outlook) is explained in real-world terms in much more detail […]

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Sex, Trends, and Relationships: Design Needs Comedic Research

Thursday, September 23, 2010

“Jesters do oft prove prophets” – w.Shakespere, Tragedy of King Lear. Being a prophet is much more exciting than someone who understands the present. It’s mystical to know the future. But the jester, the comedian, actually does a better job of knowing the present, this moment in time, better than any other profession. The skills […]

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When you know the future, you live in the past.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

I’m trying to build a time machine to get back to the present, but I’m all out of fluxcapacitor. It’s a boring place to be, to know the future, but the anticipation of surprise, is what kept ninjas alive. Here’s some tips on forecasting the future: Few things that will try to derail and cloud […]

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