Easy: Being cool.
Hard: Being nice.
Easy: Having "something to say."
Hard: Working at your craft.
Easy: Trivia.
Hard: Wisdom.
Easy: Fashion.
Hard: Style.
Easy: Curating.
Hard: Inventing.
Easy: Cynical.
Hard: Romantic.
Easy: 0s and 1s.
Hard: Analog.
Easy: Autotune.
Hard: Billie Holliday.
Easy: Snap to grid.
Hard: Drawn by hand.
Easy: Exciting!
Hard: Interesting.
Easy: Breaking the rules.
Hard: Knowing how to do it right (and then choosing when to do it wrong).
Easy: Texting.
Hard: Talking.
Easy: Internet bandwidth.
Hard: Emotional bandwidth.
Easy: "I have a disorder."
Hard: "It's my fault."
Easy: The part that fits in.
Hard: The part that's like no one else.
Easy: Stream of consciousness.
Hard: Spending time on it.
Easy: Being anonymous.
Hard: Putting your name on it.
Easy: Clever.
Hard: Soulful.
Easy: Making people think.
Hard: Making 'em feel.
Easy: Talking about it.
Hard: Doing it.
Easy: Lists.
Hard: Life.
Sandpaper Suit is NYC standup comic Matt Ruby's (now defunct) comedy blog. Keep in touch: Sign up for Matt's weekly Rubesletter. Email mattruby@hey.com.
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3 comments:
This, I like. Why isn't it flying around the internet already? I'm nice, but I do enjoying snapping to a grid. Evens out I guess.
Dominy in Chicago
Genius. Well done (Easy: making lists / Hard: making a good list)
the shiz
I love this part =
Easy: 0s and 1s.
Hard: Analog.
I understand it because I'm an analog man that learned digital.
Another thing that makes analog to be really hard is the expensive material in R&D.
Bob Dobkin ( Linear Tech ) said :
"Senior designers are much better because they learned a lot of mistakes not to make."
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