Afterword to The Human Threshold
I know, I know, I know!
It’s a long post. I know. It even has long paragraphs in it. God, I might have even used the passive voice! 😔
I apologize; I didn’t have the time to write you a shorter one. All week travelling up and down, Amsterdam and Paris. Actually, the content is based on a quick talk I gave at a production management event.
To compensate, the post has the loveliest of thumbnails. This is thanks to N’ouss, which very quickly became one of the best things to happen to me in a long time.
She describes herself as graphic facilitator, and will draw in real time whatever you speak on stage. In REAL TIME. That is: below the human threshold. It’s that awesome! Check her work because it really is something.
We talked in the after party and shared tips about Procreate and comics and stuff. It was as lifting a connection as it can be. Thanks, Nouss!
References
I reached the Feynman Lectures on Physics through the visual design analysis of Edward Tufte (through Beautiful Evidence, to be precise). Feynman’s lectures layouts and diagrams are regarded as a historic landmark on clarity. What I discovered is not just an impecable presentation but a fascinating narrative that turns physics into a page turner. I bought the soft cover on Amazon to avoid asking for another mortgage in order to get the hard one, but I now realize that they might be more valuable than my house.
The size of the Universe 🪐
The idea of the size scale of the universe came to me as a parallel of the time scale of the processes, and, once I had it, I immediately thought on the Universe in a Nutshell app by two key references: Tim Urban’s Wait but Why and kurzgesagt. I captured a couple of illustrations from the app.
Tim Urban could have well been included in the list of sources that I regularly steal from, his blog Wait But Why is an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
Design log
I got infatuated with the white on black style of Austin Kleon that I stole for last week’s post and probably overused it in this week’s post. Next one I will probably test the new pen configuration on Procreate that N’ouss taught me to bring more character —😉—into the end result.
I also adjusted the style of images so that they span edge to edge when displayed in mobile screens. I’ve always liked this little touch. I cannot recall where I saw this first, though.
Beyond that, I’ve started using more emojis in the prose, which seems like the right millenial thing to do. Emojis are perhaps the bigger contribution of the digital era to the written communication. I’m suffering from a generational gap, though. As a gen-X, I’m not a native emoji speaker, and I guess my illiteracy is evident to many. I’m waiting for the definite course on Emojish to enroll.
That was it, not bad for a hectic travelling week ✈️.
Next one’s no different, though, and jet lag’s added to the mix 🥴 this time. So…