The skill of perception The newborn baby and the [blind man suddenly gifted with sight] do not have to learn to see. Sight is given to them. But they do have to learn to perceive. Perception is learnt and learnt slowly. Skill is required for perception as for speech. We are largely unaware of the skill we exercise. None of the things we have to learn to perceive are self-evident, or, apparently, instinctively evident. No doubt, however, we have an instinctive aptitude for this learning, and once we have learnt we cannot easily see as though we had not. As Ruskin says, one has to strive, if one is to see with the 'Innocent Eye'. David Pye, The Nature and Aesthetics of Design The innocence of the eyethe innocent i seeingperceptionlearninginstinct
A Conference Without Slides An Article by Vitaly Friedman www.smashingmagazine.com What if there was a web conference without slides? At SmashingConf Toronto we will do exactly that. All talks will be live coding and design sessions on stage, showing how our speakers design und build stuff — including pattern libraries setup, design workflows and shortcuts, debugging, naming conventions, and everything in between. The Cognitive Style of PowerPointBan PowerPoints