I Am Adam

"The effect of all this promiscuous gazing is that it encourages the view that design and visual communication exists without context. When we gulp down the gorgeous images online, and devour the websites of hip designers, we are encouraged to take the view that design exist in an airless vacuum where its only responsibility is to itself and to the aesthetics of the period in which it was created."

Publishing in the Age of the Internet

Low calorie absorption of content isn’t limited to smashingmag lists, pretty pictures has the same effect. But to write the process is often a very hard task to do well.
(via krislane)