design
insights on good design + anything else related to design
Jilber Najem and
design
We learned the hard way that new products are hard enough to figure out, and we should make as many things as familiar as possible. Again, life and new products are hard enough. When you can use a familiar term instead of being original, do so. Never opt for a solution that is more creative but less effective.
Scott Belsky • Crafting The First Mile Of Product
Hence myhub: “it’s your blog + your portfolio + your recommended reading for your friends / public bookmarks library” (that last one is a bit tougher, as not many people share bookmarks).
I realized that the craftsmen of yore had elevated weaponry, a category of merely utilitarian objects, into some of the most exquisite things I had ever seen. They had taken objects of ubiquitous, vital importance in their respective eras and made them beautiful. My initial aesthetic shock was quickly replaced by jealousy — no one was lifting the... See more
Origins
So many good examples of flows/products that become way more usable by removing steps. E.g. OCRing a photo you took using some 3rd party app vs. just selecting the text inside Apple's photos. I use the latter now multiple times a week and “all it did” was reduce steps. [1/3]
Ben Blumenrosetwitter.com
Design is The What. What should you be building? What’s the right opportunity to go after? What’s the right problem to solve? Asking the right question is half the answer. Design is not about the drapes or the drop shadows. Design is a messy, holistic, human-centric process for solving problems—not just stylistic problems, but problems of all manner and level of importance.