On Thursday we learned why talks last 19 minutes. Prof. Jimmy showed us two videos on John Maeda from the TED Talk show, which stands for Technology Entertainment Design. My friend Joe researched for its definition & told the class. Prof. Jimmy confirmed that it's been proved that the audience will be attentive to a talk for up to 19 minutes, and after that time limit the audience will lose interest. A classmate, who sits to my left, asked why movies last over an hour then. He highlighted a good point, and I mentioned that cartoon episodes last 20 min's (approximation). However, I didn't answer his question. I mentioned cartoon ep's because it made sense for its duration purpose (not including commercials). That explains why episodes in most t.v. shows last around 19-20 min's, they obviously want the audience to finish watching the episode that's being aired Ö_~
We also learned a little history about the show. Prof. Jimmy told us that a woman around his age, Maria (he couldn't recall her last name), but he mentioned that she was an innovative designer, and that the man who took a chance on her is none other than the one who created the TED Talk, his name is Richard Saul Wurman or "Ricky." Nonetheless, Wurman must have seen potential in Maria as a designer, or else he wouldn't have given her the opportunity of her life. Indeed, she didn't let him down as she was able to grow the Hot Studio in San Francisco, which has become very successful thanks to her outstanding work ^_Ő/ We then moved on to Maeda's talks.
The first talk was about, John Maeda on the Simple Life. He mentioned and showed visuals to prove that simplicity is important; for instance; the importance for having simple road signs. However, that as human beings we l♥ve complexity; we would rather see a dynamic sky ☁☀ compared to a plain one. It was interesting when he noticed a similarity set of letters in the words: SIMPLICITY and COMPLEXITY, the paint that he invented, and the Al Gore-like-graph that he demonstrated. I don't want to spoil it; therefore, I recommend for all you to watch the videos. They're less than 19 min's ^0^ LOL!!! He also wrote a book by including ten laws and three keys based on simplicity. I was curious on his book, so I checked on Amazon, and found out that it's around ten dollars... which is a great deal because that's about the price for a meal at a fast food restaurant ^_~ According to Maeda, "Simplicity is about living life with more enjoyment and less pain." That's how I want to live my life, because life is so unpredictable that I may be gone in a blink of an eye ~_^ I wouldn't want to depart from this lifetime by not having enjoyed it. Life is a miracle and time is a gift ✌\^_^/✌
The second talk was about, John Maeda on His Journey in Design. I'm actually relieved that we got to see it, because when Prof. Jimmy asked us if we wanted to see another of Maeda's videos or work on our final project... I wanted to work on my final project '^,~\ However, almost the entire class wanted to see another video, which was better because I wasn't approaching a "specific" audience for my project. I was watching Maeda's talk while scribbling ideas for my project video. His second talk gave me hope in the design field. I was surprised when he said that he was bad in design, and that he figured it out when he read Paul Rand's book, Thoughts on Design. I'm planning on reading it during my spring break, if I can check it out from a library, since this book leaks out from my budget, and it must be another version because it wasn't red like the one that Maeda showed us. I admired when he mentioned that although he's a technologist, he doesn't really like technology, and wants the world to be less technological and more humane. I share the same intentions, because I don't want this world to be lost to a robotic system ***^o^***
These are the links of the two videos:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life.html (16 min's)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_maeda_on_design.html (17 min's)
GOLDEN Adjectives
1.) Fortuitous: Event caused by coincidence or destiny.
2.) Contrite: To regret serious past mistakes.
3.) Intricate: Complicated, tangled.
We also learned a little history about the show. Prof. Jimmy told us that a woman around his age, Maria (he couldn't recall her last name), but he mentioned that she was an innovative designer, and that the man who took a chance on her is none other than the one who created the TED Talk, his name is Richard Saul Wurman or "Ricky." Nonetheless, Wurman must have seen potential in Maria as a designer, or else he wouldn't have given her the opportunity of her life. Indeed, she didn't let him down as she was able to grow the Hot Studio in San Francisco, which has become very successful thanks to her outstanding work ^_Ő/ We then moved on to Maeda's talks.
The first talk was about, John Maeda on the Simple Life. He mentioned and showed visuals to prove that simplicity is important; for instance; the importance for having simple road signs. However, that as human beings we l♥ve complexity; we would rather see a dynamic sky ☁☀ compared to a plain one. It was interesting when he noticed a similarity set of letters in the words: SIMPLICITY and COMPLEXITY, the paint that he invented, and the Al Gore-like-graph that he demonstrated. I don't want to spoil it; therefore, I recommend for all you to watch the videos. They're less than 19 min's ^0^ LOL!!! He also wrote a book by including ten laws and three keys based on simplicity. I was curious on his book, so I checked on Amazon, and found out that it's around ten dollars... which is a great deal because that's about the price for a meal at a fast food restaurant ^_~ According to Maeda, "Simplicity is about living life with more enjoyment and less pain." That's how I want to live my life, because life is so unpredictable that I may be gone in a blink of an eye ~_^ I wouldn't want to depart from this lifetime by not having enjoyed it. Life is a miracle and time is a gift ✌\^_^/✌
The second talk was about, John Maeda on His Journey in Design. I'm actually relieved that we got to see it, because when Prof. Jimmy asked us if we wanted to see another of Maeda's videos or work on our final project... I wanted to work on my final project '^,~\ However, almost the entire class wanted to see another video, which was better because I wasn't approaching a "specific" audience for my project. I was watching Maeda's talk while scribbling ideas for my project video. His second talk gave me hope in the design field. I was surprised when he said that he was bad in design, and that he figured it out when he read Paul Rand's book, Thoughts on Design. I'm planning on reading it during my spring break, if I can check it out from a library, since this book leaks out from my budget, and it must be another version because it wasn't red like the one that Maeda showed us. I admired when he mentioned that although he's a technologist, he doesn't really like technology, and wants the world to be less technological and more humane. I share the same intentions, because I don't want this world to be lost to a robotic system ***^o^***
These are the links of the two videos:
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_maeda_on_the_simple_life.html (16 min's)
http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/john_maeda_on_design.html (17 min's)
GOLDEN Adjectives
1.) Fortuitous: Event caused by coincidence or destiny.
2.) Contrite: To regret serious past mistakes.
3.) Intricate: Complicated, tangled.
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