It was about 10 years ago that a very well respected friend of mine suggested I read a book called Understanding Comics by Scott McCloud, his description intrigued me. He called it “One of the best academic books on visual communication and the psychology of visual perception… oh and it’s in the form of a comic”. I’ve read the book several times and it has influenced my thinking in several important areas, namely visual branding, narrative, visual design and interaction design; it is an extraordinary book.
Anyway, because of my love of the book I was excited to see Scott was talking at the TED conference. One of the best bullet points i’ve seen in a while was this:
- Learn from everybody
- Follow No One
- Watch for patterns
- Work like hell
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Thank you for pointing this video out, Karl. I liked especially the part where he talks about media providing us with a window back into the world we live in, giving us the ability to triangulate what we see and add meaning to it. In this respect, interaction can make the brand connective and the marketing meaningful.
Amazing power of the visual.
Learning from everyone is important and sort of a life motto of mine that I want toe hear everyone and their perspective in life before I move on to the next thing I like to take with me what I learn from each person and apply that to my life. I also think that working hard is something that allows everyone to be successfull anyone can who is willing to work hard at what ever it is that they want to do will to some point always succeed.
I also think that working hard is something that allows everyone to be successfull anyone can who is willing to work hard at what ever it is that they want to do will to some point always succeed.