design scripts

I have been thinking a great deal lately about the transformative effects of digital phenomena (See an earlier post I wrote about music on cell phones).
Digital text differs greatly from analogue text. For example, see my text below.

I wanted to complete this post entirely in analogue format but I found entirely too labourious. So add [...]

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Categories: design · design scripts · discourse analysis

Designers don’t really see themselves as playwrights but in reality, designers are writing scripts – complete with stage directions – for every user. And like all actors, what users really want to do is direct.
The French government learned this the hard way. In a fit of charity, the government decided Africa needed electric light. Noting [...]

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