Are you original or just unaware you're stealing from giants? I spent years unable to hear my own voice over theirs. This is the library I stole from most, mapped as an essay that let me think clearly enough to write something of my own.
How did one of the most profitable and creative industries become the benchmark for poor, if not malicious design? Were advertisers in Cannes when the rest of the tech class was taking lessons on user-centered design methodology?
Every new medium is inevitably shaped by the forms of its closest predecessors. To establish more suitable conventions for its purpose we must first understand its nature and potential.