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The tools that are available to each of us are so powerful, so varied and so complex that even the free ones are ignored or misunderstood. We’re too busy doing work to get much done.
And so we end up with the convenient and sexy tools (like the smartphone you might be reading this on) and fail to do the few hours or days of training we might need to... See more
And so we end up with the convenient and sexy tools (like the smartphone you might be reading this on) and fail to do the few hours or days of training we might need to... See more
PW 4: Productivity and tools
The opportunity lost by increasing the amount of blank space is gained back with enhanced attention on what remains. More white space means that less information is presented. In turn, proportionately more attention shall be paid to that which is made less available. When there is less, we appreciate everything much more.
John Maeda • The Laws of Simplicity (Simplicity: Design, Technology, Business, Life)
Smaller and simpler software with one core feature always makes me more focused. Every time I want to write something I open a simple text editor instead of something more complex like Notion or Google Docs. Feature bloat creates so much distraction and friction for me, to the point where I just sit and stare at the screen instead of actually doing
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One of the many things I learned from @gentry about design is the idea of *informed simplicity*
