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Google's Docs dilemma
they wanted to transition from a system in which new tasks could be pushed
Cal Newport • Slow Productivity: The Lost Art of Accomplishment Without Burnout
These problems illustrate a common product development quandary. People who love tech gadgets want new products that do cool new things. This creates the customer demand that gives product developers like me incentive to add new features. Yet none of us wants these products and features to be confusing, to lead us astray, to drive us down a softwar
... See moreKen Kocienda • Creative Selection: Inside Apple's Design Process During the Golden Age of Steve Jobs
And this also brings us to the why now and and why is this hard if this is the fully generalized form of digital documents, why didn't software start this way? I think a big part of it is just that it's hard. We talked about how it's hard to write a text editor, but what if you now need to write a text editor and image editor, a video editor and au... See more
Muse • Infinite canvases with Steve Ruiz // Metamuse podcast episode 59
Tech platforms can’t ask users to make an unlimited number of decisions, as it introduces too much complexity into the product. Companies will still have to draw hard lines around tricky issues, including hate speech and misinformation. And introducing choices won’t change the fact that, as in all software, most people will simply stick with the de... See more