Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
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Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
People with positive taste, on the other hand, can make things that genuinely look good. This gives them a lot more freedom in their designs (they can use colors other than white!). Truly good designers have positive taste. Unfortunately for people like us, Apple seems to have hired most of them and put them to work building fairly bland web sites.
Aaron Swartz • Two Conceptions of Taste (Aaron Swartz's Raw Thought)
In a world of scarcity, we treasure tools. In a world of abundance, we treasure taste. The barriers to entry are low, competition is fierce, and so much of the focus has shifted — from tech to distribution, and now, to something else too: taste.
Anu Atluru • Taste Is Eating Silicon Valley.
Taste is some combination of design, user experience, and emotional resonance that defines how a product connects with people and aligns with their values and identity.