#instagr.am

Tobias van Schneider:

The only thing that I personally don’t like — I’m not a big fan of the gradient, I do think the gradient is kind of obsolete. The gradient is the most generic thing about the whole branding piece. I’ve seen this gradient so many times and there’s nothing wrong in seeing a thing many times as long as it is not part of your core ingredients of your visual identity. The gradient isn’t really ownable. It isn’t really an ownable element and that’s what the problem is with the gradient.

Machine Learning sulle emoji

Quasi la metà dei commenti scambiati su Instagr.am sono emoji (in Finlandia la percentuale rispetto a messaggi testuali arriva al 60%); spesso adottate, come hanno scoperto quelli di Instagr.am, a discapito non di una prosa forbita ed elegante ma dello slang tipico di internet (xoxo, omg, lol, ahah o eheh). L’emoji, insomma, non rimpiazza una […]

Le foto che Instagram censura

Ha raccolto un po’ di storie BuzzFeed. In molti dei casi le foto (e gli account) sono state ripristinate, ma non c’è stata una spiegazione del perché siano state in primo luogo censurate: While the company appears committed to its current standards, there may be a chance that the company will alter its guidelines in the future. […]