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Response: in the snap

Ang Madsen

Ang Madsen

17 Oct 2025 — 3 min read
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Humanity rocks

Humanity rocks

It's the thread through this entire site, but just to be unequivocal: Humanity rocks. Yeah, we've got our problem children (some of them closer to centenarian than baby; age is a state of mind!). But overall, I like us. The problem children are the exception, not

By Ang Madsen 05 Nov 2025

A little realism about design software

I consider design architecture to be the suite of ready-set tools a designer can turn to in order to work in brand. To get the full spectrum of what's being designed, it takes multiple softwares with different focal points. Design systems and riffpoints architecture are hamstrung by design

lock-1 By Ang Madsen 05 Nov 2025
Looking at authoritarianism as steeped deeply in binary cognition

Looking at authoritarianism as steeped deeply in binary cognition

Acknowledging that cognition can be built to be steeped deeply in binaries helps me understand why our attempts to bridge with empathy fails. They literally cannot see other options. If we want something different, we have to shut down their access to think they can make decisions for us. This

By Ang Madsen 02 Nov 2025
Getting to binary isn't...binary

Getting to binary isn't...binary

Current information technology hardware functions on a binary substrate of ones and zeros translated to electric gates (highly simplified!!), with lots of programming layers between that substrate and the code. That code controlling the hardware is something most of us don't understand. Over that, we're layering

By Ang Madsen 31 Oct 2025
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