β¨Great analysis of Unicode's emoji frequency data. We really want to emojify concepts people find useful. Once I understood how emojis are used to convey emotion, intent, body language, volume, etc. it totally changed my perspective on what to prioritize. wired.com/story/why-unicβ¦
Since the last emoji release I've been consulting with a number of experts around gesture, linguistics & comics theory to craft a strategy for smiley emojification. One area we are exploring w @visual_linguist is established visual language found in comix unicode.org/L2/L2019/19390β¦
There is some good representation of these visual morphemes found in existing emoji. Not surprising considering emoji's roots.
Coercion through cuteness
Dizziness
Loudly crying
Face With Steam From Nose
Awhile ago, @thrillist Job Goals invited me on their show to talk about emojis (what else?). We had a fun little chat but really the shots of the twins steal the show. π― m.facebook.com/story.php?storβ¦
There's big talk about inclusion and diversity at Google so if you need any evidence of Google is making this priority may I direct your attention to the π₯ emojiβ we've removed the egg in Android P beta 2, making this a more inclusive vegan salad.
All ya'll red heads are losing your red headed minds over the new red head emoji but ya'll realize this doesn't mean you get red headed skateboarders or redheaded vampires, right? You get β¦ a redheaded person. That's it.
Also, shout out to my baldies, silver foxes, and curls!
For those asking, this image features you fiery types.π₯ππ₯