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Taste for Makers
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
Developing taste is an exercise in vulnerability: it requires you to trust your instincts and preferences, even when they don’t align with current trends or the tastes of your peers. Because while having taste is cool, taste itself reflects a certain type of uncool earnestness – a commitment to one’s own obsessions and quirks.
Matt Alagiah • Elizabeth Goodspeed on the Importance of Taste – And How to Acquire It
