Think-pieces don’t write themselves.
Actually, I guess they do now. Anyway I wrote these with real flesh intelligence (RFI) in the style of me being annoyed.
The Scourge of Overhead Lighting
Aug 13, 2018Look up. I bet it’s up there, looming over you, wreaking havoc on your body and mind without you even being aware. That’s the way it wants it. It laughs at you while it covertly ruins your life. Maybe one of the reasons we’re all so angry, stressed and worn out right now is that we spend the majority of our waking lives inside spaces that literally make everything look uglier. It has become clear to me that we have valued efficiency (read: cheapness) over comfort and beauty for too long…
The Unbearable Sameness of Advertising
MAY 29, 2020It’s easy to criticize the hackiness of coronavirus-related ads that have been circulating over the past couple months. They all use the same headlines. The cadence in the tv spots is the same. The feeling, the tone, the reassurance that <the brand> is here for us and cares. It’s gross.
But there’s a reason so many big brands churned out the same ad at the same time, and it really has nothing to do with COVID-19…
The Day the Hashtag Died
JUL 19, 2023Where were you when it happened? I was at work. And by “at work” I of course mean “at home, working.” And by “working” I of course mean “on Slack.”
On Tuesday, June 2, 2020, the topic several people were typing about instead of working was the Great Posting of the black square on Instagram. #blackouttuesday…