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‘Not my job’

I see the designer as one of the very key people on whom the success of the project depends. Always surprised when a designer wants to limit the list of things they do on the project, limit the responsibility. The effect on the project is similar to CEO not taking care of project details and…

The two kinds of customers

I guess there are two major kinds of clients coming to barber shop. Some people want that same haircut done again and again. Might even have a reference picture with them. The others look for something new. They might not have any idea, or have a picture of a hairdo just in their mind. These…

On system thinking

Folks from Apple (including Don Norman), Elon Musk and a lot of great design, business and engineering minds — all mention system thinking being key to creating great products.Being capable to go beyond a feature, product, one year timeline, single geography, domain, niche, skillset is what it takes to design something truly epic. Seeing the connections, seeing the…

Following creatives

The problem of following creatives has not been solved. Best artists don’t post on Instagram, Facebook or elsewhere frequently if ever. Same accounts for the masters of the past. They would have a website of their own or dedicated to their work and that’s about it. So there you are, a curious art appreciator, looking…

Don’t let it stop you

A lot of ideas you come up with, already came to someone else’s mind. When you find that out might feel like giving up and stopping realizing your ideas. ‘Nah, someone already thought of that’. OR you can take these ideas further, make them better, make them real and make them matter. Your choice. Photo I took :) : Ad…

Notes on Apple Watch experience

Executive summary: Apple watch is great. Surprised to discover people who disagree. People wanted bells and whistles, but ended up with a tool that is similar in its utility to your regular watch telling time. But Apple goes far beyond that, naturally. Industry taught consumers to judge products by their technical parameters, features and looks…

Creating more, better apps

I bet Apple and any other app market owner struggles to figure out how to get people to create more apps. Better apps too. Now, inventing Swift to code an app up easier is a good step. Better yet in my opinion would be building an easy way for designers to collaborate with developers and entrepreneurs to build stuff together.…

A case for skeuomorphic design

There’s a lot skeuomorphic design can offer to help create desirable objects: Do you want any candy in your UI?

Drying ink in Google Docs

Here’s an idea to show recent changes in a shared google doc. Imagine a mode where font color would fade much like regular ink does. Recent stuff more vibrant and ‘wet’, older — dry. Following the real ink analogy, changed sections’ color could alter as the time goes by. Now I could spot what’s updated since I last peeked…