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On Simplicity #8 • Identity
Good software helps us do things more conveniently and efficiently. Great software helps us do things we couldn’t do before and become people we…
Mar 1
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Stefan Lesser
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On simplicity #7 • Unfolding complexity
Something truly simple and beautiful requires a strong identity. To create that, we need to become tangled up in our creation as we evolve with it…
Feb 16
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On simplicity #6 • Reducing complexity
Complicating things is easy. Complexifying things is beautiful.
Feb 2
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On Simplicity #5 • Hiding complexity
We figured out a way to scale software development to create ever more utility and power. Unfortunately, this also seems to always create a lot of…
Jan 19
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On simplicity #4 • Reciprocal realization
Design is a process of reciprocal realization. If we want to arrive at something simple, we need to participate in this fundamental process of mutual…
Jan 5
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On simplicity #3 • Familiarity
We live in a culture that favors generic, universal, context-independent solutions that scale. But we long for specific, local, context-dependent…
Dec 8, 2023
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On simplicity #2 • Meaning-ful design
What can we do to make things so easy to understand that it just needs a “click” and then we “get” it?
Nov 10, 2023
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On simplicity…
How I used to think about simplicity. And how my thinking has evolved.
Oct 27, 2023
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