My Cassandra is that things will get worse. My grievance is all sorts of crazy-Designed things, best called RI: Reverse Improvement. I just finished watching a Bill Maher video clip about RI which has regular Americans agreeing. Here's the URL
The Cassandra complex and grievance-mongering are two of the facets of the "gurometer" – a rather tongue-in-cheek but not-wrong method for assessing secular gurus.
Thought you might enjoy the full thing – see how many of the categories lots of designers ring the bell on.
In better (?) news I've been having more conversations recently with designers who have absolutely grokked that maximising design quality and putting design in charge is a workable strategy for only a handful of companies.
My Cassandra is that things will get worse. My grievance is all sorts of crazy-Designed things, best called RI: Reverse Improvement. I just finished watching a Bill Maher video clip about RI which has regular Americans agreeing. Here's the URL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DifysK46DO4
The Cassandra complex and grievance-mongering are two of the facets of the "gurometer" – a rather tongue-in-cheek but not-wrong method for assessing secular gurus.
Thought you might enjoy the full thing – see how many of the categories lots of designers ring the bell on.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19PKXFn3qrzWr6nx622g9cEzyNBow0svQs_dN4fP3hjY/edit?tab=t.0
In better (?) news I've been having more conversations recently with designers who have absolutely grokked that maximising design quality and putting design in charge is a workable strategy for only a handful of companies.
Grievance-mongering is an interesting term.
> putting design in charge is a workable strategy for only a handful of companies.
Any advice on how to help others reach this sensible conclusion?