Regarding George Costanza Impersonating Me
If you read my post on how George Costanza from Seinfeld “impersonated me”, I sent the actor of George, Jason Alexander, the link to that post via Twitter and within a few hours he replied!
@fitzsimons I confess.
— Jason Alexander (@IJasonAlexander), January 30, 2012
I’m not usually starstruck, but I thought it was pretty cool that the actor of my favourite character from the show responded to me, especially since I’ve been watching it again more recently.
After I took and uploaded a photo of me dressed up as George Constanza from Seinfeld several hours ago today, I found this picture of him tonight that was assumably produced over a decade ago in which he almost looks exactly like me from a photo I took in July 2011. Was George impersonating me in the 1990s, years before I even knew what I’d look like in that photo I took in 2011 because he predicted I’d be impersonating him in another photo that I took today? This takes “hipster” to a whole new level!
In case you were wondering why I was dressed up as George, I’m currently in the middle of making a video for my YouTube channel in which he is briefly parodied in. Hopefully that will be up in a couple of days.
(In case you see this, Jason Alexander, I’m sorry I couldn’t find a better wig for George!)
Update - 3:30 AM (EST), January 31, 2012:
Jason Alexander, the actor behind George, has responded to this post.
Erik Spiekermann: Views on digital typography
Elliot Jay Stocks, Founder and Editor of Type Journal 8faces interviews Erik Spiekermann who shares his thoughts on designing for small screens and continues the conversation we had with Erik at Typo London in October.
He describes screens as ‘bad paper’ and advises designing for them as such. Mobile screens, he reiterates, simply require the same design principles as used when designing for any small format (but with more options at our disposal like animation & colour etc.). He believes that now web designers have mastered the technical challenges that distracted them from the design process, the focus can now be restored.
In response to Erik’s comments about his reputation for black, white and red designs, some eagle-eyed viewer left an amusing YouTube comment on Erik’s attire: black trousers, white shirt and red socks. Masterful visual reinforcement or absent-minded habit?
