The plenitude
by Rich Gold · first published 2006
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…mysterious & ethereal world of 'creativity' for dead, and looks at how he creates music, and how the industry works, in a grounded and logical way. A brilliant book for anyone who creates anything. The Plenitude: Creativity, Innovation, and Making Stuff - Rich Gold Another old(er) book, but one I can't believe I only just found. Rich Gold's outlook on how and why we make things should be required reading for…
on “Ask HN: Best books you read in 2012” ↗My list: - The Plenitude - Rich Gold Not a computing book with code but it taught me a lot about what can be done with computers, and that they are marvelous machines. - Architecture of Symbolic Computers - Kogge An ode to…
on “Quirky computing books” ↗Not entirely true. It really doesn’t matter if whatever is created is better or just more of the same. New things will require more things. I highly recommend reading Rich Gold’s excellent book The Plenitude: https://mitpress.mit.edu/books/plenitude
on “People are realizing that degrowth is bad” ↗You nailed all problems with design education in that comment. Rich Gold’s fabulous book “Plenitude” comes to mind.
on “The self-taught UI/UX designer roadmap (2021)” ↗If personas in this context resonate with you, I highly recommend - even if only remotely related - to read Rich Gold’s The Plenitude. https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262543798/the-plenitude/
on “Cognitive load is what matters” ↗…hours-long videos per week depending on how long their sessions last. Sometimes that's to the exclusion of every other game in existence. It's a bit sobering if you think about it. I read a book called The Plenitude by Rich Gold who discusses some of these topics. He doesn't go as far to give a fully workable solution to the problem but one of his suggestions is to challenge creators to limit themselves to 5 "big…
on “AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services” ↗>I read a book called The Plenitude by Rich Gold who discusses some of these topics. He doesn't go as far to give a fully workable solution to the problem but one of his suggestions is to challenge creators to limit themselves to 5 "big…
on “AI song featuring fake Drake and Weeknd vocals pulled from streaming services” ↗