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Welcome to John Maeda's Blog: maeda.pm. Sharing a passion for product and data, grounded in technology / business / design curiosities with a dash of leadership reflections.

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  • How To Speak Machine
  • Dataful is Beautiful
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    • » Creative Leadership (2009-15)
    • » Traditional vs Creative Leadership (2009)
    • » Start-ups vs End-ups (2013)
    • » My Four Rules (1999)
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Welcome to John Maeda's Blog: maeda.pm. Sharing a passion for product and data, grounded in technology / business / design curiosities with a dash of leadership reflections.

  • CX Report
  • Safety Eats The World
  • How To Speak Machine
  • Dataful is Beautiful
  • ↓ ✭ Leadership
    • » Creative Leadership (2009-15)
    • » Traditional vs Creative Leadership (2009)
    • » Start-ups vs End-ups (2013)
    • » My Four Rules (1999)
  • Design.Co
  • Maeda.Dev
  • Newsletter
  • youtube
  • Pinterest
  • @johnmaeda

Reasons for Animations

via here

1. Call attention to something important. Made you look within a sea of sameness — if you are sighted.

2. Make a transition seem less jarring if you are sighted. Related: Your Ears Don’t Blink

3. Enhance the story. Add a new way to explain a product or idea but remember it is only good for the sighted.

  • Post date
    February 16, 2020
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