Ideas I want to write about
Scale is not the goal. Scale is a tool to make the concepts better and more powerful.”
Evan Armstrong • The Art of Scaling Taste
leading indicators tell us more about where the world is headed
I don’t view “apps” as the bridge between mobile and wearables; apps are just the way we access the Internet on mobile, and the Internet was the old bridge, not the new one.
Stratechery by Ben Thompson • Stratechery by Ben Thompson
asking the right questions to the right people
One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.
Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.
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