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Skeuomorphs – The most familiar thing you’ve probably never heard of.

Charles Leon

Definition. It doesn’t need to click, but for me, and obviously, most people, there is something reassuring about something familiar with how things used to be. This is what, in the design world, is called a skeuomorph. A skeuomorph is an ornament or design on an object made to resemble another object, material or technique.

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Blogs without topics are a waste of time | Penelope Trunk's Brazen.

Penelope Trunk

The nature of a blog is that you are choosing to write publicly, so it is, by definition, for other people to read. … (and if you have a DEFINITION of REAL PEOPLE, I'd love to hear it…). I have many interests, but most of them revolve around creativity of some kind – writing, storytelling, painting and music.

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