Category Archives: Communication

With the right design, people will not do the wrong thing

Posted on Aug 31, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This is from Seth Godin’s “Make the sign bigger!“: Make the announcement louder. Make the logo bigger. Yell. Call more people on the phone to sell them an extended warranty. Send more emails. Hustle harder. None of it works. […] … Continue reading →

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Subscriptions must be the future

Posted on Aug 30, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This is one of those predictions I make that I absolutely believe in but also kind of doubt, because they fit so well with how I consume media. Matthew Inman, the artist behind “The Oatmeal“, “Exploding Kittens“, and much more, … Continue reading →

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Aesthetics vs. usability

Posted on Aug 2, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I am not the only one who thinks the Google app icons are confusing: Not even aesthetics, but mere uniformity. Managers drive changes like this, not artists. — Paul Graham Violates the 1st principle of effortless seeing (thanks to cog … Continue reading →

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Sikker e-mail fra Tryg

Posted on Jul 23, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

Hvad betyder det her egentlig? Ikke overraskende optrådte denne linie i bunden af en e-mail fra Tryg og jeg er ikke i tvivl om at det er meningen at man skal forstå at der en værdi i indholdet af linien. … Continue reading →

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Free speech

Posted on Jul 15, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This article by Greg Lukianoff over at Areo is a very good list of answers to common arguments against free speech: “Answers to 12 Bad Anti-Free Speech Arguments: Featuring That XKCD Cartoon Everyone Likes to Quote!” Assertion: Free speech rests … Continue reading →

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Assignment and observation

Posted on Jun 13, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

This shouldn’t be a big deal but is becoming so: Assignment is performative and implies agency whereas observation is descriptive. In Danish, you could use “tildelt” and “observeret”. If you see someone use the wrong word they may just have … Continue reading →

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The Overton window and crowdsourced morality

Posted on May 13, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

The Overton window is the range of policies politically acceptable to the mainstream population at a given time. This range applies to government policies but also to general public discourse. And, unsurprisingly, the window moves with time. When the window … Continue reading →

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Why playing fair is good for yourself

Posted on Mar 30, 2021 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I believe in playing fair from a moral reasoning, but there is also a reason for those that forget to include those they disagree with, or compete with, with those they want to treat fairly: Any weapon introduced into battle … Continue reading →

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Expressing yourself

Posted on Dec 31, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

I like this quote: There are approximately 1,010,300 words in the English language, but I could never string enough words together to properly explain how much I want to hit you with a chair.— Alexander Hamilton, to Thomas Jefferson You … Continue reading →

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An idea for a really useful AI tool

Posted on Dec 29, 2020 by Henning Michael Møller Just

(yes, it’s a ML tool, but more people will get the headline when I write AI) It’s a supplement to this idea from Randall Munroe/xkcd: An idea that Youtube added for a short while as an option. — The idea … Continue reading →

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