Design
When you listen to your users
The bottom line is, when you listen to your users, you get vanilla. feature creep. boring. It takes a dictator to create the iPhone and change the course of an entire industry. Michael Arrington, Techcrunch
Old Media
Preserve the old forms of organization
The curious thing about the various plans hatched in the ’90s is that they were, at base, all the same plan: “Here’s how we’re going to preserve the old forms of organization in a world of cheap perfect copies!” Clay Shirky, Newspapers and Thinking the Unthinkable
Web
The web is just a braindead platform
The web is just a braindead platform for moving information around, but it’s not your actual friends. Merlin Mann, 03-19-2009
Photography
If I had tried these Pentax SMC Lenses
Heck, if I had tried these Pentax SMC Lenses back in the 1980s when I switched to Nikon, I just might have gone to Pentax. These are much nicer than Canon’s FD lenses. Ken Rockwell testing the SMC Pentax-A 28mm f/2.8
Development
Shoddy lasts forever
Broken gets fixed. Shoddy lasts forever. DesignAday - Truism
Microsoft
The users simply couldn’t find them
Nine out of ten of the new possibilities people would like to have in the new edition of Office, were already part of the current one. The users simply couldn’t find them. Microsoft Office marketing manager Paul Coleman.
Technology
Some companies say
Some companies say, What product should we build with this technology?Some companies say, What technology do we need to build this product Some companies say, What product would this customer buy? Evan Williams, What companies say
Work
Imaginary work is always easier
Imaginary work is always easier to do than real work. Signal vs. Noise, Revealing hidden assumptions in estimation
Design
Design is what it looks like
Most people make the mistake of thinking design is what it looks like. People think it’s this veneer – that the designers are handed this box and told, ‘Make it look good!’ That’s not what we think design is. It’s not just what it looks like and feels
Preferences are a way to avoid making tough decisions
Preferences are a way to avoid making tough decisions Getting Real
Innovation
Saying no to 1000 things
[Innovation] comes from saying no to 1,000 things to make sure we don’t get on the wrong track or try to do too much. We’re always thinking about new markets we could enter, but it’s only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things
Blogging
After my adventures with Blogger
After my adventures with Blogger (and deciding to host my own blog, first GreyMatter, MovableType, and then WordPress) and Twitter (not a big success) it is now time for: Something different… Number one, The Larch. No sorry, I meant… Tumblr oops, we're now on Ghost (update January 2025,