I have a theory about large (and well known) cooperation reguarding brands.

Google re-branded themseleve just last year (before the Alphabet switch over). People hated the new typeface etc, etc. but that doesn't stop anyone from using Gmail or Google search.

Point being, when you get to a certain size it really don't matter if you use comic san for your corporate type face. That's not going to change the public perception of you the company.

All the brand work, rebranding etc etc are just a way to make the people within the company feel good about themselves.

That sounds accurate, most people don't like change too much because they get used to it, but Google at least didn't do something as extreme as Uber. But you're right, it wont stop people from using the service.

Convoluted pitches and creative ideas exited all along. The problem is no one (from either the client nor the agency side) is willing to come out and call bullshit on bad ideas.

The current My Little Pony TV show (and the 3 feature length films) is still primarily put together via Flash 8.

That's correct. The Powerbook 100.

Or worse, became in pawn in the Ad Wars between Google, Apple, and Facebook.

Let's face it, AdBlock on the Web only benefit closed network like Facebook, which also has plenty of PII. If the Web dies as as an Ad platform (because of AdBlockers), guess where the advertisers can go?

You can support the developer via In-app purchase to get rid of those ads you know.

really.. how am I supposed to be a millionaire if I throw money away like that??

Off-topic slightly, but it's worth mentioning Louisa Lim, former NPR / BBC's China correspondent had recently published the book The People's Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited. It's worth a read.

It covered the current state of political life in China from 1989 ~ now. The whole concept of "1984 in China" is very much a topic talked about in the book. In the book it mentioned there was a case where regional government authorities forced the public to go back to work and school on Sat. and Sunday as a way to prevent crowd to gather for a weekend protest. It's rather fascinating.

Whoa, I thought she was still reporting from China. I guess she is now persona non grata.

Funny story: She came through Dallas a few months ago for a book signing tour. At the last minute I had to travel out of town. I sent my Taiwan-born gf in my place to see her speak and get a book signed. She was apparently one of the few, or the only, Asians in attendance. Louisa Lim even remarked how few Chinese have shown up to her book signings. So, even in America, Chinese here have a blind spot for recent Chinese history.

> "So, even in America, Chinese here have a blind spot for recent Chinese history."

And it's getting worse. I've noticed a trend in recent years where the new Chinese bourgeoisie and intelligentsia are outright dismissive of books and other media addressing these topics, attributing them as Western slander driven primarily by envy over China's economic miracle.

I believe she is now a visiting professor of Journalism at the University of Michigan through a grant by the Knight-Wallace Foundation.

Truly misses her voice on the radio and reporting from China.

Of note: the original PowerBook 100 was design by Apple and manufactured by Sony. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PowerBook_100

Wo-jis-ki.

The wiki for her sister mentions it's actually /woʊˈdʒɪtski/ woh-jit-skee

She pronounces it somewhere in between the two. The 't' in 'jit-skee' isn't very hard or emphasized.

Indeed. And the irony, is, the real hipsters already move beyond their vintage typewriters, and Lomo camera. What the promotion video just shows us some cliches what the team think is cool. Not me.