103 - Things change

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Things change, and you've got to make sure you change with them. Music and links from this episode Beaches by Alex Vaan Someone Else's Memories by Revolution Void Warm Up Suit by Broke For Free Line-by-line notes INTRO A few months ago I went to a restaurant I’ve been to other restaurants since, but I remember this one vividly We sat down to eat food Tapas food actually And there was a group of 18-20 year olds sat down in a group They were all communicating through their phones But to each other And occasionally, one of them showed the other their phone They were all talking to each other But they were communicating with each other in a way I didn’t recognise Communication is changing Or you could say It’s already changed This is AADA, and I’m Craig Burgess PLAY MID SONG Every couple of years A new form of technology comes around That people start outrageously claiming it’ll be the death of something The radio The TV The compact disc player The mini disk player The iPod The iPhone And now, the internet The internet has changed our consumption habits FOREVER The internet has changed our attention spans forever And the internet has changed how we communicate forever Everybody in any kind of media position are struggling to understand it too TV execs are struggling to catch up with it Traditional marketers are struggling to catch up We all talk about the golden days of communication When we all sat down and talked to each other And young people could actually talk to people And we all lived in this nice bubble of talking to each other all of the time The truth is, that golden age never existed Teenagers have never been able to talk to each other But it can’t be denied that the communication methods have changed Things like WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, Snapchat, Instagram and everything else Has changed the way we communicate and keep in touch with our friends We’re often constantly in contact with our “friends” now We’re light touch with lots of people Noseying about their perfect side of their lives they showcase on social media And staying friends with all our high school enemies on Facebook Just to see how rubbish their lives are The point I’m getting to Is things have changed And every day, especially on the internet Things change again, and faster than last time Change happens every day An we need to learn to embrace it, and not fight it Not talk about the good old days that were worse than now And not misremember a golden age that never existed We need to appreciate that things change And just because things aren’t how you remembered them It doesn’t make them any less valid, or wrong in some way It’s just new You change every day too And if you want to hold on to the past And stay the same as you’ve always been That’s got a name too It’s called stagnating OUTRO  This was AADA. I’m Craig Burgess. Music featured in this episode was Beaches by Alex Vaan Someone Else's Memories by Revolution Void Warm Up Suit by Broke For Free For a line-by-line run down of this episode, go to askadesignernaything.com/ep103 I’m back tomorrow for another episode of AADA Support Ask a Designer Anything Ask a Designer Anything Website Twitter (@craigburgess) Ask a Designer Anything on Facebook Leave me a review on iTunes