Company twitter accounts are getting more and more awesome. This one takes the cake
> Goodguys Kitkat and Oreo.
> Doesn’t this mean that Oreo has admitted that Kit Kats are irresistible?
> Because of this I will buy both tonight.
Hypermoderntimes.
A must see…
In my ongoing quest for the perfect framework for understanding haters, I created The Disapproval Matrix**. (With a deep bow to its inspiration.) This is one way to separate haterade from productive feedback. Here’s how the quadrants break down:
Critics: These are smart people who know something about your field. They are taking a hard look at your work and are not loving it. You’ll probably want to listen to what they have to say, and make some adjustments to your work based on their thoughtful comments.
Lovers: These people are invested in you and are also giving you negative but rational feedback because they want you to improve. Listen to them, too.
Frenemies: Ooooh, this quadrant is tricky. These people really know how to hurt you, because they know you personally or know your work pretty well. But at the end of the day, their criticism is not actually about your work—it’s about you personally. And they aren’t actually interested in a productive conversation that will result in you becoming better at what you do. They just wanna undermine you. Dishonorable mention goes to The Hater Within, aka the irrational voice inside you that says you suck, which usually falls into this quadrant. Tell all of these fools to sit down and shut up.
Haters: This is your garden-variety, often anonymous troll who wants to tear down everything about you for no rational reason. Folks in this quadrant are easy to write off because they’re counterproductive and you don’t even know them. Ignore! Engaging won’t make you any better at what you do. And then rest easy, because having haters is proof your work is finding a wide audience and is sparking conversation. Own it.
The general rule of thumb? When you receive negative feedback that falls into one of the top two quadrants—from experts or people who care about you who are engaging with and rationally critiquing your work—you should probably take their comments to heart. When you receive negative feedback that falls into the bottom two quadrants, you should just let it roll off your back and just keep doin’ you. If you need to amp yourself up about it, may I suggest this #BYEHATER playlist on Spotify? You’re welcome.
** I presented The Disapproval Matrix to the fine folks at MoxieCon in Chicago yesterday, and they seemed to find it useful, so I figured I’d share with the class. It was originally inspired by a question my friend Channing Kennedy submitted to my #Realtalk column at the Columbia Journalism Review.
a very smart idea - a “could-have-been” brand extension.
Leading Men Age, Leading Women Don’t | Vulture
There are more charts if you click through.
Tumblr Crush: Ugly Belgian Houses
“Because most Belgian houses suck. Even mine. Seriously.”
With this remarkable title the author of this blog definesin an uncomplicated manner what his blog is all about. While others boast about their cities beautiful buildings, you’ll find the ironic opposite here. Why not?
(Source: brownonbothsides)
This is the second minimalist poster to promote the campaign to help my mother fight against cancer. (See the first poster)
You can help us here:
betype.co/cancerAnd you can read more here: http://betype.co/post/44989956807/betype-against-cancer
You can view all the related post about this campaign here:
Type Against Cancer, some other people are contributing to the campaign tagging their design with that tag. Thank to you all that have donated.
“When Detroit’s Cass Technical High School was closed in 2005 in order to move to a new building next door, the city was scheduled to lose one of its unofficial landmarks.
Built in a style of gothic construction at the beginning of the 20th century, Cass Tech was a symbol of success for one of Detroit’s only magnet schools; it was demolished in 2011.
Between the move and the time when the building was torn down, the once majestic building was left to decay. A fire swept through its floors in 2007, devastating abandoned rooms once filled with life.
To mark the contrast of the school both during its prime and demise, Detroit Urbex created a nostalgic photomontage of Detroit’s urban remodeling, available as an online archive.”
(via Detroit Urbex: Using photomontage to compare the history of Cass Tech High School (PHOTOS).)
