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My notes from Hackers & Painters by Paul Graham: The way to create something beautiful is often to make subtle tweaks to something that already exists, or to combine existing ideas in a slightly new way. There are only two things you have to know about business: build something users love, and make more than you spend. If you get these two ri... See more

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Alex Glass • 15 cards

Clarity is Kindness

On thinking and writing clearly

Justin Reidy • 1 card

find your conceptual models simplicity is saying no framing is magic consistency compounds chaos is rarely a bad thing change is the only way joy is the real legacy

Lessons of Design lessons.design

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Even though they have not taken centuries to build, most programming systems reflect conceptual disunity far worse than that of cathedrals. Usually this arises not from a serial succession of master designers, but from the separation of design into many tasks done by many men. I will contend that conceptual integrity is the most important considera

Frederick P. Brooks Jr. • Mythical Man-Month, Anniversary Edition, The: Essays On Software Engineering

Given a choice between functionally equivalent designs, the simplest design should be selected.1

Kritina Holden • Universal Principles of Design, Revised and Updated: 125 Ways to Enhance Usability, Influence Perception, Increase Appeal, Make Better Design Decisions, and Teach through Design

Ideas

Riko Ishibashi • 3 cards

Abstraction helps organizations move beyond overwhelming details to more actionable and trustworthy information. Fidelity is the degree to which a new version of an old version reflects reality. By finding a balance between telling the truth and omitting unnecessary noise, you empower your audience.

Boxes and Arrows • Book in brief - Trustworthy: How the Smartest Brands Beat Cynicism and Bridge the Trust Gap - Boxes and Arrows

How do you know something is as simple as it can be? Think of computer code. Code can sometimes be excessively complex. In trying to simplify it, we would still have to make sure it can perform the functions we need it to. This is one way to understand simplicity. An explanation can be simplified only to the extent that it can still provide an accu