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Inside Linear: Building with taste, craft, and focus | Karri Saarinen (co-founder, designer, CEO)
open.spotify.comDieter Rams was the lead designer at Braun for many years. He is driven by the idea that almost everything is noise. He believes very few things are essential. His job is to filter through that noise until he gets to the essence. For example, as a young twenty-four-year-old at the company he was asked to collaborate on a record player. The norm at
... See moreGreg Mckeown • Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less
“The fundamental thing that Linear did differently was this idea of being highly opinionated,” she says. “They understood that, the truth is, most companies have no idea what the right software development process is,” Zhan says. “The subset who do would much prefer focusing on building their product than dedicating time to shaping this process—cu
... See moreKarri Saarinen • Designing for the Developers
A great story about simplicity from Akio Morita, the instigator of the Walkman project at Sony:
Engineers had the technology to add the recording function to the Walkman and it would’ve cost only 50 cents to a dollar per unit. Morita decided against it. He wanted the device to have one function, which it performs very well. Walkman should only play
Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making - The New York Times bestseller
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The book is: Car Guys vs. Bean Counters: The Battle for the Soul of American Business.