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Artisans: Taste In Software
- Artisanal software
In a speech delivered years ago, Ev Williams used agriculture as a metaphor to understand what’s possible on the Internet.
Agriculture was a tremendous invention – it got people fed and freed them to do many things. But agriculture – taken to the extreme in the pursuit of profit leads to a sick and obese population and industrial... See morefrom Patricia Maeda messaged you
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- Everyone’s software is good enough.
Software used to be the weapon, now it’s just a tool.
In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else: taste.from Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley. by Anu Atluru
- Modern software’s humdrum lack of identity has resulted in users craving more interesting, opinionated tools, tools that feel like us — or a better, more interesting, wackier version of us.
from Why We Crave Software With Style Over "Branding" by Molly Mielke
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