taste

do i have good taste?
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“we don’t need strategy, we need to get things done”, shreyas doshi kept repeating this mantra until he got to twitter

twitter, 2014, didn’t really have a product strategy.
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taste is a factor in everything we do. do we have taste in our beliefs? these eventually bleed into everyday product-decision making
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i don’t have good taste

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the challenge. What is good? What is interesting? That part of the work is taste. “Taste is what enables designers to navigate the vast sea of possibilities that technology and global connectivity afford, and to then select and combine these elements in ways that, ideally, result in interesting, unique work

Taste is the bone-deep feeling that you’ve made something good. It is a sense, inexplicable and ephemeral. But it’s also a tangible skill that’s increasingly essential. Taste is how a business differentiates itself when attention is scarce and choice is abundant. Knowing what to make is just as important as the ability to make it.

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