> and then through to Steve Jobs for final approval
I miss Steve Jobs
An interview with an Apple emoji designer
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Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#52Earlier quoted context omitted.
Be the petty, small change you wish to see in the world: https://joypixels.com/blog/how-to-submit-an-emoji-to-unicode
I will be. Thanks. By the way, Walnut Creek is less than 100 miles from Cupertino. I love walnuts.
I'll bet you could find a place named after most any nut within 100 miles of Cupertino.
Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#53Why does that site feel like I am reading typed text on paper?
The letters are super fuzzy (a ton of anti-aliasing, even on the bottoms of the letters where it's not needed)
Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#54Off 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.
Emoji are fun to use because they make written communication more human… corporations or LLMs using them just comes off as insincere.
Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#55Off 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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Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#56Off 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.
I don't like to see them anywhere. They were cool for a while back in version 1.0 when there were a few that everyone knew and used in creative ways, before Apple* decided to make so many that you need a search bar. It's kinda like Pokémon. At this point I only get them in text messages from old people.
* yeah I know technically the Unicode Consortium, but Apple pushed it hard
Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#57> 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
Maybe edit rather than omit? Apple changed the people kissing with actual lip contact, the 1910s-looking cancan dancers, and the stink lines on the poop.
Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#58Earlier quoted context omitted.
Be the petty, small change you wish to see in the world: https://joypixels.com/blog/how-to-submit-an-emoji-to-unicode
Gotta love websites that hijack basic browser functions, in this case forcing smooth scroll on.
Yeah I felt that and left so fast, forget that
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#59Re: An interview with an Apple emoji designer
#60Earlier quoted context omitted.
Be the petty, small change you wish to see in the world: https://joypixels.com/blog/how-to-submit-an-emoji-to-unicode
Gotta love websites that hijack basic browser functions, in this case forcing smooth scroll on.
Gotta love browsers that let websites hijack basic browser functions.