why I get grumpy...
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- slag_you_off
when Derek starts up...
When I went to design school I read books by Nitche, Kevin Mullet, Darrell Sano, Brenda Laurel and Ken Garland. I studied things like the construction of syntax and symantics, the relationships between narrative and interaction. I learnt humility in the face of people so clearly better and more experienced than I, all in the name of becoming a better designer.
What gets my back up is that you don't seem to have any groundings in anything. You are vacuous, inane and self serving. You think design begins and ends with apple laptops, hummer jeeps, and roadtrips.
In short you treat design not as a skill that is grounded in learning, study, application, detail and understanding, but more in the fact that you can aquire a certain kind of cool amongst your peers by taking rather average photgraphs of 3rd rate musicians.
I have no doubt that under all that shite you have a pretty good design brain, and SOME of your work alludes to that, but man o man you are full of yourself. And I guess that is what pisses me off; designis not about ego.
Anyway, maybe im getting too old or maybe im falling into the trap of publicising you like im sure you will love, and no doubt some rather quippy comment will come my way.
I don't care about whather you are sponsored by apple, MT, your mum or p fuckin Diddy. What I care aboutis design, and so should you.
I need to go travelling again.
- derek30
ian.. i didnt start up anything today...
where is this coming from?
- motormel0
ouch ouch ouch
OWWWWIE!!!
- unfittoprint0
derek
doesn't
exist.
- derek30
meh.
whatever...
i know who i am and what i do. i have fun everyday.
have you read anything by bruce mau? my fav is Life Style...
:)
- nick0
well said.
if you've ever met mike young or mike cina (arguably the 2 most influencial designers in our little webby world), you know that they're 2 of the most humble, friendly and grounded people you've ever met.
if these guys are truly and honestly humble, what gives you as a designer, the right to be any different?
as a young designer (especially one without a formal education in design), you have to understand that you don't know shit. how can you expect to grow when you think you know it all already?
and no, you didn't start any shit today - but you still need your ego re-adjusted, in a major way.
sincerely,
- nick0
and i bet you think you're pretty cool having read some Bruce Mau?
- blackspade0
why let it get u mad tho, or effect you ?
i dont get it?
to each his own, you will be better of for your reading and design knowledge etc
u sound like the mad rapper
- -leah-0
wow derek is getting the shit today!
the drama!
- motormel0
actually blackspade it seems like the more design knowledge i have the worse things get....eeee is this mad rapper related to the mad hatter?
- slag_you_off0
derek, you caught me on a bad day.
It's 25 outside and im in meetings all day talking about a concept that I don't believe in, talking to people that piss me off.
Honestly Derek, get a job in advertising, you'd really fit in.
- blackspade0
hehe Mel, u culd be right there
"I don't care about whather you are sponsored by apple, MT, your mum or p fuckin Diddy"
Mad rapper...
its a skit series on P Diddy's/Bad Boy albums, thought it was funny/related
..The mad rapper is mad as hell at everyone else, cos he aint got a deal
- blackspade0
mad rapper...
Yo, iiiiiii, i’ma i’ma keep it real simple for you
Yeah t-t-t-t-t-tell them niggaz why you mad son!
Tell them niggaz why you mad son!
(ok, gentlemen please, one at a time)
Tell em why you mad son, word up, tell em why you mad son!
Youknowhati’msayin? iiiiiii, iiiiiii be I be I been
I been, I been here for the culture, youknowhati’msayin?
I don’t, I don’t, I don’t, I don’t
I don’t be recognizin all that new jack shit
Yo we don’t play, we don’t play that shit youknowhati’msayin?
(please mr. producer, explain yourself, mr. rapper, please calm down)
That nigga be on some bullshit, youknowhati’msayin?
We ain’t, we don’t do that shit, word, yeah
He ain’t no real producer neither
And then come to find out youknowhati’msayin
My brother hipped me to it, the nigga tryin to rap now!
Oh yeah, that’s the shit that got me mad!
(please, mr. rapper, once again)
That’s the shit that got me mad!
That’s the shit, youknowhati’msayin?
(it’s a family oriented show)
Youknowhati’msayin? that’s the shit that feds me up
(gentlemen, please)
Word up, youknowhati’msayin?
(disregard the foul language)
I’m watchin this nigga video youknowhati’msayin?
They got mermaids swimmin in they living rooms and shit
Like that youknowhati’msayin?
This nigga dancin in the rain with kids climbin up mountains and shit
Youknowhati’msayin?
I’m I’m I’m watchin this nigga video
(I’m gonna have to ask you to refrain from the language)
The car goin two hundred miles an hour
Where the fuck is he goin? !
(please mr. rapper, please refrain from the foul language)
The nigga climbin out the fuckin car!
(one more time)
Let me see you try that shit on a train!
Youknowhati’msayin? try that shit on a fuckin train
What kind of shit, youknowhati’msayin?
Got a thousand niggaz write for him, let me write for you
Son my shit is jumpin, I got john blaze shit...
- kezza_20
christ you sound like Derek
- blackspade0
thanks
- exador10
leah...
i think you meant
''teh drama';)
guys, lay off derek..
he's young, he's pretty good from what i can see...let him have his moment in the sun fer chrissakes..we're all different ages here, different levels of experience, and different in our disciplines/attitudes about design...
viv la difference
:)thats what makes us older dudes so fucking cool and jaded and the younger tykes so full of piss and vinegar, ready to take on the world..
different levels of experience.
ok now..
lets all join hands and sing kumbayahahah
ex
- blackspade0
agree
but apparantly "i sound like derek"
so i shuddup, not allowed my opinion
- nick0
hi tyson, how are you doing? we miss you around here..
anyways - i totally disagree with you. age should never be an excuse for ignorance.
it makes me really sad to see these young designers who think they're the shit when they in fact don't know shit.
sad and mad.
thats why i waste my time typing in these threads. :(
- kezza_20
sorry Blackspade, I ment da Mad rapper sounded like derek and his cruu
- blackspade0
hang on nick
how old r u bro ?
- nick0
i am 19 and that's why it makes me sad, don't you get it?