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How do we design a platform where users " come for the tool, stay for the community, and work for the growth "?
How can we grow the Creator Economy from the 1% to the other 99%?
At Ink & Switch, we believe that software should be extensible in an easy, everyday manner. We believe users want to automate, customize, or even make their own tools without much ceremony. History offers us some great examples.
Ink & Switch • https://www.inkandswitch.com/end-user-programming/
I used this system to design self-documenting components that were easy to develop against, and allowed the rest of the team to build new and consistent UI without needing me.
Pirijan Ketheswaran • Redesigning an App, One Day a Week at a Time
Playgrounds over Paths
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
Today's standard design wisdom focuses on the design of linear paths. Sometimes they may branch, but they're ultimately a sequential set of steps towards a desired outcome.
Within complex systems, these paths often lack the flexibility to adapt to emergent conditions - users acting outside the "designed boundaries".
Instead of... See more
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So, while their mission was, and still is, “to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives” by building LEGO-style software — they focused on a different approach to getting there.
Jaryd Hermann • How Notion Grows
What are some ideas for horizontal platforms? (not exhaustive)