Andrew Tam
@andrewtam
Andrew Tam
Great design engineers are obsessed with understanding the materials of software, all the specific affordances of the medium, and the tools you use to shape them. In my experience, this obsession comes from the drive to make something that has both beauty and intentionality paired with the technical approach that design engineers develop as they st
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My flow chart on the decision process I go through when deciding whether I want to do something. I’m making #dailyart https://t.co/rdkktjpYhb
it's 'crazy' once you think like this
youtube.comGreat Design is About Values
The biggest mistake I see designers make when building a brand for their company, a culture for their team, or foundation for their product is to focus on principles . They pile together a few basic words like: "Simple, Helpful, Beautiful, Intentional." Guess who else shares these principles? Everyone.
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The biggest mistake I see designers make when building a brand for their company, a culture for their team, or foundation for their product is to focus on principles . They pile together a few basic words like: "Simple, Helpful, Beautiful, Intentional." Guess who else shares these principles? Everyone.
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Building a Belief System | !Boring Software
An interesting observation in Maslow's work on self-actualized people is that they tend to be less "introspective" than others. Meaning they spend less time thinking about themselves and their feelings. But they are more attuned to their inner compass when *acting on the world*.
The only sensible path forward is to learn to accept the brokenness of human life, to develop resilience in the face of its petty cruelties, and to learn to live with yourself.
From the "Can You Imagine?" zine
Using the Placebo Effect to Transform Your Life
youtube.comFantastic advice, for software builders:
Headline driven development
Here is a simple process for shipping software projects that works. First, decompose the project into a stream1 of headlines. Then pick an aggressive date to ship the first headline and work like hell to meet that date. Have everyone work only on one headline at a time– the upcomi
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