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An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by hbn »

j1000 wrote: post #9
holistio wrote: post #5

There is still no walnut emoji. Blonde-haired, black-skinned pregnant man? Yes. Walnut? No.

Also no thief emoji or pirate emoji. Can someone enlighten me why we don't have it?

I was looking for a pirate emoji like 5 minutes ago. I'm sure it's not the first time but I'm super surprised that still isn't in there. Seems so obvious.

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by blanched »

basch wrote: post #24
blanched wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Alex Schmidt, a humor writer (formerly of Cracked and others) did this process for the bison emoji. I enjoyed his “miniseries” about it: https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/

does the reverse notebooklm exist yet that turns podcasts into longform journalism?

Not that I know of. And I generally prefer written pieces to podcasts :).

The show notes for episode 2 have good references (no fun commentary though): https://www.bisonemojipodcast.com/show-notes

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

Aissen wrote: post #8
amelius wrote: post #2

In case anyone is actually interested in the emoji: https://emojipedia.org/apple

More specifically, it was this set: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2 Interesting tidbit: > Emoji support required iPhone OS 2.2 and a SoftBank SIM card.

These are very nostalgic. The way Apple's emoji look has subtly changed since then.

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by pimlottc »

9dev wrote: post #27

> We mapped almost 1:1 to SoftBank’s set, though Apple chose to omit a few of the more risqué ones. Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)

That's a good question. Comparing the Softbank emoji from June 2008 [0] and the initial batch of Apple emoji that shipping in iPhone OS 2.2 (Nov 2008) [1], it doesn't look like there are any missing at all, it's a perfect 1:1 mapping.

0: https://emojipedia.org/softbank/2008

1: https://emojipedia.org/apple/iphone-os-2.2

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by edm0nd »

9dev wrote: post #27

> We mapped almost 1:1 to SoftBank’s set, though Apple chose to omit a few of the more risqué ones. Which are these risqué emojis mentioned here? I don't think I have ever seen any that are even slightly graphic, which is probably why all the emoji slang conventions have spread like fire (Aubergine, Peach, etc.)

Its kinda odd how a lot of the major tech companies have self censored emojis like they are some savior of the planet for doing so.

For example the gun emoji by turning it into a water pistol instead of a real looking firearm handgun lol.

WOW THEY SURE CAUSED COUNTLESS LIVES TO BE SAVED W THAT ONE SINGLE MOVE!

Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer

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Post by raincole »

Off topic: Perhaps it's just me, but I have a pet peeve about emojis in anything formal. Even before LLMs, I instinctively took a repo less seriously when README.md had emojis in every section. And now LLMs have popularized that style, it's the first signal for me to vibe-detect AI repos.

I do use emojis. I love them, actually, but only in message apps.

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