simplicity
by sari and · updated 3mo ago
simplicity
Breaking through to a better idea by subtraction, rather than addition, is the most satisfying kind of breakthrough.
-Jason Fried
sari added 8mo ago
- Simple, clear purpose and principles give rise to complex and intelligent behavior. Complex rules and regulations give rise to simple and stupid behavior. -Dee Hock
sari added 1y ago
Progression:
Simple and wrong
Complicated and wrong
Complicated and right
Simple and right
Alara and added 1y ago
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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- I conclude that there are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult. It demands the same skill, devotion, insight, and even inspiration as the disco... See more
alex added 1y ago
- “Because there’s an endless amount of data available to us and we have a limited bandwidth to conserve, we might consider carefully curating the quality of what we allow in.” From The Creative Act by Rick Rubin
George Thoreson added 1y ago
- The easiest thing is the hardest. It is harder to be simple than it is to be complex.
andrea and added 1y ago
A simple, clean product doesn't just function; it brings joy too.
sari added 10mo ago
A great story about simplicity from Akio Morita, the instigator of the Walkman project at Sony:
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Engineers had the technology to add the recording function to the Walkman and it would’ve cost only 50 cents to a dollar per unit. Morita decided against it. He wanted the device to have one function, which it performs very well. Walkman should only playsari added 3mo ago
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