Ian Hoch

@ian_hoch

UX writer and award-winning fun haver

Joined August 2012

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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 1

    Public Domain Day Is Finally Here!: Copyrighted Works Have Entered the Public Domain Today for the First Time in 21 Years

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  2. 23 Dec 2018
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  3. Retweeted
    22 Dec 2018

    Here is the best scene from the Christmas Carol from 1938. Bob Cratchit's family REALLY loves that goose. Enjoy.

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    21 Dec 2018

    Happy Happy Holidays to you !

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  6. 21 Dec 2018

    Found my new dream job

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  7. 18 Dec 2018

    I can't imagine this bodes well for any of us. Actual influencers, the aspiring influencers, those who see influencers as de facto cool. I mean, what happens when people most aspire to becoming ideal consumers?

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  8. 18 Dec 2018

    So it's not JUST about faux-sponcon as a means of padding a resume. It's about using it as a means of signaling membership in that class for its own sake, to say "I am one of the cool people." And the net effect of this is that corporations have people advertising FOR FREE.

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  9. 18 Dec 2018

    And they've made it COOL to do this. It's not just the money that top-level influencers can bring in. It's the perception of glamour associated with a job predicated solely on consumerist consumption.

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  10. 18 Dec 2018

    I can't underscore enough how messed up this is. Corporations have created a cultural identity that is—at its core and in its entirety—about being a consumer. Buying makeup and clothes, going to certain bars and restaurants: this is the entirety of the identity.

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  11. 18 Dec 2018

    People so badly want to become "infuencers" (read, "professional consumer") that they've begun using both the linguistic and visual grammar of influencers to appear like they're posting sponsored content.

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  12. Retweeted
    17 Dec 2018

    Legendary Drummer

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  13. 17 Dec 2018
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    Heist movies have a lot more action nowadays. A French crime movie from the 1970s would be a 10-minute shot of someone dragging on a cigarette while leaning on a car, some driving footage, and a wideshot of a man falling over from a heart attack in a snowy field

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  15. Retweeted
    14 Dec 2018

    The liberal arts may not survive this tech-hungry economy, writes:

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  16. 13 Dec 2018

    DHS release from yesterday, and an article from from a while back.

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  17. 11 Dec 2018

    I love the convergence of righteous indignation, pettiness, and Air Bud-esque legal maneuvering.

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  18. Retweeted
    10 Dec 2018

    No jump shots. No ferns. No memes. Not this time. I’m going to give it to you straight: If you need health insurance for 2019, the deadline to get covered is December 15. Go to today and pass this on — you just might save a life.

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  19. 9 Dec 2018

    It’s like he lost a bet and now he has to write opinion columns that get dumber with each subsequent week.

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