What Programmers and Creatives Can Learn From Each Other
Coding can be easily dismissed by creatives as non-creative, but one only thinks that way if one has never really tried programming. When you find an elegant and simple solution to a difficult logical problem in a coding language, it is a feeling of such sublime bliss, that it rivals the feeling one gets from a eureka moment when creating art… If you make a mistake or if life throws you an error, smile! You just learned something. If you’re clever, you’ll build new ways of handling that situation in the future. That is how bugs become features.
Video Editing Principles for Benevolent Propagandists
Less is often simply less, not more. Short TikTok-style videos briefly entertain but leave something to be desired. They are consumed not digested… The modern person is busy and strapped for cash, not stupid. They have a shortage of attention because they have a shortage of time because they have a shortage of money. But they will make time for that which puts time back into their lives, puts money back into their pockets, or puts grandiose dreams back into their imaginations.