Content

Content Trumps All by Otto von Münchow (munchow.wordpress.com)

I have come to realize that the most important building block in photography is content—or subject if you will. In fact, it’s more than just a building block, it’s what a photograph is about, or ought to be about. It can be a story, it can be an emotion, it can be a statement, but a photograph has to be about something more than just visual appealing elements. The equivalent goes for writing, for instance. You can write the most beautiful sentences imaginable, but if they don’t tell the reader anything, nobody is ever gonna care.

Riccardo Mori on a recent Apple Retail Experience

Retail: C by Riccardo Mori (morrick.me)

... I trusted that a company such as Apple would prepare their retail employees enough to provide what I consider basic information. This is what ‘taking care of the customer’ ultimately means, not just being superficially kind and welcoming and displaying a confident attitude. Design is how it works, not just how it looks, even in retail.

Political Parties

George Washington, Farewell Address, September 19, 1796 by George Washington (loc.gov)

“Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally.”

I think the USA failed to heed this warning. We have a two party system mired in divisive opposition to each other. Our politics have become tribal and our elections not much different than backing a sports team.