May 11, 2004
Unmediated communication
Shirky on how cameraphones are today's Gutenberg press... (via boingboing)
Totally off topic, I worked with Clay at CKS|Partners for a nanosecond in internet time. My first day on the job as an Art Director, I was called into a meeting with the Creative Director and Clay (and possibly K.S., I can't quite remember). The group was heatedly debating the creative direction of a CitiBank Visa card site. The CD wanted me to backup his concept of implementing a spinning 3D credit card that featured the site's navigation on both sides. I sided with Clay-- a spinning 3D multisided site navigation was a very bad idea. In 1997 the bandwidth wasn't there. The usability would be terrible with 1/2 the site navigation hidden during a rotation, the FutureSplash (soon to become Macromedia Flash) plugin had little penetration, and most of America was still dialed up. Two Wongs don't make a right. That was my first Clay experience. The dude is one smart cookie. Last time I saw him was at a Nascent State party many years ago, and I'm sure he didn't have any idea who I was.
Wait. A nanosecond in internet time? Isn't it that things move so fast in internet time that 1 day is like a year of internet time? So the time I just spent on your blog, rather than the take-home final I should be doing was like, 6 months. Think of Gavin: "Mosquitos only live one day. So if they miss breakfast, does that mean that they had a bad childhood?"
I think you're confused by what i was saying (or i wasn't clear). It seemed like i worked a just a short time with him in internet time- but it was even shorter in real life. Internet time is faster than real time.