In the army, I had to work out much harder than other people because I don’t sweat much. And because I don’t sweat much, people assumed I wasn’t putting forth any effort. That got me punished in some cases or at least pushed to do more in other cases. So I’d often end up doing 2-3 times or more as many reps as someone else, or run much farther.
It sucked, but it also made me at the time very buff.
I can’t help it that I hardly sweat. Been that way my entire life.
If you want to see some really terrible design — truly abysmal — take a look at the new Google Chrome.
The tabs are now completely invisible. Just utterly indiscernible and the UI is a gray blob of a mess. Do designers not realize that contrast improves designs greatly, that being able to distinguish elements is very important? And this particularly harms those with poor eyesight.
Designers should not be allowed to design anything as their priorities and incentives differ from those of the users so much now in all cases.
Aw hell, I have 287 different tabs open in six different browsers on five different computers.
This has exceeded even my cognitive capacity and is now offering no benefit. Let the cleansing commence.
When I write, my mind is blank. I am thinking of nothing. If I have to think, no writing is happening. One of the reasons I can hold a conversation or even watch a movie while writing is that it requires absolutely no real cogitation of any kind.
I wrote a 1,000 word essay in about 30 minutes a bit ago (not for this site) and I had no thoughts in my head any of that time. If I had been thinking, no essay. You might think that if I focused some thought at it, my writing would improve. Absolutely not; it either happens not at all or just becomes incoherent ramblings.
Thanks, brain, for doing all that. I don’t know what’s going on up there but it works. I am far better at writing than I am at IT, but writing pays nothing. But if it did, I’d be set.
While the new Reddit design is not great, it’s the only recent design change that I recall that is not actively far inferior to the previous design. It’s not really an improvement, but it didn’t torpedo everything.
That, then, makes it a stunning success, as it didn’t actually destroy the site.
Update: Never mind. Just realized it has infinite scroll. I don’t go there much anymore, and now I will be going there less. Another site down the drain.