Thought provoking
The objective? avoid mental drag"Imagine that your brain is a computer. At the beginning of the day, your brain powers up and you have 100 percent of your computer memory available to use on your life. The only problem is that every time you add a task to your to-do list, a little bit of your computer memory goes toward that task."
James Clear • Never Check Email Before Noon (And Other Thoughts on Doing Your Best Work)
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designmanifestos.org
The thing you are deeply yearning to create is told to you in all the subtle ways other people's artwork slightly misses the mark
Miles Johnstonx.com*The single most important change you can make in your working habits is to switch to creative work first, reactive work second. This means blocking off a large chunk of time every day for creative work on your own priorities, with the phone and e-mail off.**–*Mark McGuinness, [Manage Your... See more
James Clear • Never Check Email Before Noon (And Other Thoughts on Doing Your Best Work)
A good product is:
- Innovative; it must have creativity
- Useful
- Beautiful
- Easy to use
- Unobtrusive, modest
- Honest
- Timeless ; it won’t become outdated
- Doesn’t skip over any small details
- Environmentally friendly and doesn’t waste resources
- Not overly designed, “less is more”
Patricia Mou • vol.33: 15 Mindful Product Principles from Allen Zhang, Father of WeChat
Design Principles · Resource · Stu · Designer, etc.
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The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.