I recently finished watching Shōgun (yes, I'm a little bit late to the party). Released earlier this year, Shōgun has become an utter revelation - going on to win 18 Emmys at this year's Primetime and Creative Arts Emmys, making it the most awarded single season of television in history. It's also the first non-English-language series to win Outstanding Drama Series.
And it truly is outstanding, fully deserving of all the awards that it has garnered.
As you would expect, the show rev
The world map is a lie.
Well, sort of. If you think of a 2D, rectangular world map, the image that comes to mind is what's called a Mercator projection:
It's... a map, no doubt, but with some very obvious distortions. The most obvious one being Antarctica, which seems like almost another planet, as well as Greenland being absolutely massive and seemingly the same size as Africa, when it is in fact 1/14 the size.
Representing a 3D sphere (Earth) on a 2D surface is fundament
What makes something a flagship?
Flagship products represent the very best of a brand. Whether it's cars, electronic products, even services, a 'flagship' is core to a brand experience, as well as to the brand's image. Besides just delivering all the tangible features and functionality offered by the brand, a flagship product is also a showcase of the intangible - about what a brand stands for, and what it aims to deliver to customers.
DENZA, a BYD Premium Brand, has now been officiall
I was mid-way through a bike ride in Ladahk, feeling the ache in my right hand, when a thought occurred to me: “Huh, how come the throttle is always on the right side of all bikes?”
Statistically, about 90% of people in the world are right-handed. Full disclosure: I am right-handed, part of this largely ignorant majority.
And if you think about it, some things are designed clearly with that in mind.
Throttle on a motorcycle? Right hand. Accelerator pedal in a car? Right f
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