➔ How to bring good design to a platform – Marco.org
How to bring good design to a platform
1. Demonstrate from the top that high quality and attention to detail are prioritized and appreciated above everything else, including being the first to market, having the most features, or having the most aggressive prices. If you can get those as well, that’s great, but quality will not be sacrificed to do so.
2. Instill these values in your staff. If you can’t, hire a staff for which you can. Better yet, hire a staff for which you don’t need to.
3. Aggressively pursue simplification, elegance, craftsmanship, and the highest-class user experiences in the product line. Ruthlessly cut or hold features or entire products that aren’t good enough.
4. Make it pretty.
Og så tilføjer den brilliante Marco Arment:
How not to bring good design to a platform
1. Skip steps 1–3 above.
En god påmindelse til æstetikeren. Det er en total repost af hans indlæg, jeg ved det, men jeg dårligt citere noget, uden at citere det hele. Marco er én af de folk man skal lytte til, når det drejer sig om computerteknologi. En internethelt af en slags. Reflekteret, som i sjældent set. Analytisk mastermind. Innovativ. Perfektionist. Nørd. Meget nørd.
On the top of that: Tidligere ledende udvikler på tumblr (som denne blog skylder sin blotte eksistens) og ikke mindst opfinder og skaber af alletiders yndlingsservice, som jeg skal bruge et kommende indlæg til at hylde. Stay tuned for Instapaper er GOLD!
