Abstraction is the price of brevity

Communities create their own jargon because they need brevity in their conversation. The price of that brevity is abstraction. Jargon unites people in as much as it alienates them from each other. I’ve experienced this first hand – visiting data miners, market researchers, marketing scientists, entrepreneurial developers, and brand managers. It becomes very easy for [...]

Apr

13

What Canadians could learn at Summer Heights High

I watched all 8 episodes of Summer Heights High over the past week. Trailer below The series is from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), which made for a difficult user journey in finding it. I first saw Summer Heights High on Air Canada flights during the month of September. They showed the first 2 episodes. [...]

Nov

02

Yu Wan Mei takeover of The Onion

I’m absolutely loving this Yu Wan Mei takeover of The Onion. In case you don’t know, The Onion is a satirical newspaper, and Yu Wan Mei is a fictional company. Dame Edna once said something to the effect “if you have to explain satire – don’t bother”, and that was in reference to the controversy [...]

Jul

24