Being a product person
Let me present a very simple personal software need that shows how ridiculous the state of the ecosystem is:
My grandma barely knows how to use messaging apps- I tell her I sent her some pictures, she doesn’t know how to open it / doesn’t want to read or look at other messages. Phone app is too much. She just wants a... See more
Tyler Angertx.comThe funny thing about coming up with your own definition of success is it becomes easier to make decisions.
sublimeinternet.substack.com • Lessons I'm Still Learning
Summarizing Kola 🔑’s idea from a conversation:
Our methods of critiquing software are shallow. We have reviews, reactions, tutorials, puff-pieces, and clout-chasers. It’s important to have independent, thorough, and cultural critique, and it should be distributed among those who are building the future (The Paolo Alto Review).
This isn’t about
... See moreNow thinking about creating a movement to promote "hobbit software". Pretty chill, keeps to itself, tends to its databases, hangs out with other hobbit software at the pub, broadly unbothered by the scheming of the wizards and the orcs, oblivious to the rise and fall of software empires around them.
Oh, the Electron empire is going to war with the... See more
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Dave Anderson • Dave Anderson (@danderson@hachyderm.io)
Aesthetics are important in creating the appeal of products that underpins their longevity. ,25, In these instances, 'the 'product' would be a fusion of psychological and external 'realities', the user would become a protagonist and co-producer of narrative experience rather than a passive consumer of a product's meaning. The mental interface... See more
Jonathan Alexander Chapman • Emotionally Durable Design: Sustaining relationships between users and domestic electronic products
Repair and remain. Work with what you’ve got. Sit still for a moment, take stock, make some changes.
Kurt Armstrong • Repair and Remain
Like the Turin shroud, the cloth bears witness and registers the happening for posterity. Once again, the image is static, but the traces left on the ‘tablecloth’ are a reminder of the unique but random social intercourse that took place as the meal advanced in time. To our minds, this more accurately captures the event than the first drawing.... See more