The new logo retains the rainbow of colors but sheds the grownup curlicues: it now evokes children’s refrigerator magnets, McDonald’s French fries, Comic Sans. Google took something we trusted and filed off its dignity. Now, in its place, we have an insipid “G,” an owl-eyed “oo,” a schoolroom “g,” a ho-hum “l,” and a demented, showboating “e.” I don’t want to think about that “e” ever again. But what choice do I have? Google—beneficent overlord, Big Brother, whatever you want to call it—is at the center of our lives. Now it has symbolically diluted our trust, which it originally had for all the right reasons. — The New Yorker
Similar:
Telegrams were always better plot devices than USPS letters
I can't summon up actual nostalgia for t...
Business
Man arrested in DC with weapons is released; says he made a mistake
A man arrested at DC checkpoint yesterda...
Culture
As a student journo, naturally I covered the visit from Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry...
I recall just sort of telling the editor...
Academia
One of the benefits of teaching at a small college, with small classes...
In a final reflection video for a freshm...
Academia
Shen Yun Chinese dance troupe
One of seven touring groups devoted to s...
Art
Inverted Pyramid: A news story starts with what's most important, not with whoever spoke f...
Jerz > Writing >&nb...
Journalism
The new logo retains the rainbow of colors but sheds the grownup curlicues: it now evokes children’s refrigerator magnets, McDonald’s French fries, Comic Sans. Google took something we trusted and filed off its dignity. Now, in its place, we have an insipid “G,” an owl-eyed “oo,” a schoolroom “g,” a ho-hum “l,” and a demented, showboating “e.” I don’t want to think about that “e” ever again. But what choice do I have? Google—beneficent overlord, Big Brother, whatever you want to call it—is at the center of our lives. Now it has symbolically diluted our trust, which it originally had for all the right reasons. — 

