From the category archives:

design

Mindset Design

February 26, 2010

Mindset design is the most important personal improvement you can strive for. And it should follow the same rules any other kind of design does.
People constantly say that they “don’t know what they want.” When it comes to work, relationships, even hobbies, people parade their inability to choose as a positive quality. Or at least, [...]

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Easy And Shiny

September 18, 2009

The problem with functional design nowadays is that it’s not enough. People want shiny.
Have you ever been impressed by the default themes? They are as simple and functional as they can get.
On the other hand, the problem with shiny is that it needs to work well. If it’s really pretty but it’s hard to [...]

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Perfectly Simple

September 1, 2009

“Perfection is achieved not when there is nothing more to add but when there is nothing left to take away.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Think iPod.
That’s simplicity, that’s perfection.

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What Good Design Does

August 28, 2009

A new design can make people instantly love you or leave you.
Not because you look prettier or uglier.
Design is not image.
Design is Functionality.
The way it looks is the way it works.
Bottom Line: The reason why you need a kick-ass design is not just because of the first impression, but because it directly affects your content.
Sparked [...]

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Nothing Works Too

July 23, 2009

Great design achieves one of two things:
You love it.
Or you don’t notice it at all.
Anything in between takes a lot of great content, reputation or recommendations for us to stay more than seven seconds.
Do you have all that?
Neutral empty design is always a safer bet than trying to make it big without knowing how.
With less [...]

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The Price of Interaction

June 24, 2009

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
There’s a reason this blog only has 3 buttons on its “column”.
It leaves the interaction up to you.
Judging the content is easy because there’s not much else to interact with. There’s not much to see. Even hating it only takes a second.
Lots of links, means lots of interaction. And readers need time for that, which is more valuable than [...]

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