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← Creative work is better served by a diverse toolkit of specialized tools than by one universal tool.

17 connected korrents · 16 moments from 1 Mar 1999 to 15 Sept 2026. Nearly all of them are about creativity.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under education education Everything filed under taste taste Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Creative work is better served by a diverse toolkit of specialized tools than by one universal tool. Creative work is better served by adiverse toolkit of specialized tools thanby one universal tool. Last stated 9 years ago 22 Feb 2018 BF Bennett Foddy — holds since 2018-02-22 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contest between five paid firms is not the way to get good creative work. — tap to centre the map on it A contest between five paid firms isnot the way to get good creativework. Last stated 3 months ago 14 Aug 2026 SK Susan Kare — holds since 2026-08-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: A culture that is uncompromising but also kind and supportive is the most fertile ground for creativity. — tap to centre the map on it A culture that is uncompromising butalso kind and supportive is the mostfertile ground for creativity. Last stated 7 months ago 12 Apr 2026 ES Evan Spiegel — holds since 2026-04-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: A feeling of responsibility is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them — tap to centre the map on it A feeling of responsibility isprobably the greatest inhibitor ofcreativity; great ideas came frompeople not paid to have them IA Isaac Asimov — holds since c. 1959 — tap for who they are Same subject: A fountain of creativity alone cannot build anything big, and management alone does nothing new. — tap to centre the map on it A fountain of creativity alonecannot build anything big, andmanagement alone does nothing new. Last stated 8 months ago 15 Mar 2026 MA Marc Andreessen — holds since 2026-03-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A free-wheeling, anarchic neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility to mental illness — tap to centre the map on it A free-wheeling, anarchic neuralorganization may be the secret ofhuman creativity, at the price ofsusceptibility to mental illness Last stated 14 years ago 8 Jan 2013 DD Daniel Dennett — holds since 2013-01-08 — tap for who they are Same subject: A too-faithful remake of an existing work squanders creative effort that could have made something new. — tap to centre the map on it A too-faithful remake of an existingwork squanders creative effort thatcould have made something new. Last stated 2 months ago 4 Sept 2026 MW Matt Webb — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are Same subject: A woman, like a man, finds herself only through creative work of her own — tap to centre the map on it A woman, like a man, finds herselfonly through creative work of herown BF Betty Friedan — holds since c. 1963 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI erases the friction in creative work, and the friction is what makes creative work interesting. — tap to centre the map on it AI erases the friction in creativework, and the friction is what makescreative work interesting. Last stated 4 months ago 23 Jun 2026 ML Matt LeMay — holds since 2026-06-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: A good tool raises the floor of what people can build without lowering the ceiling, and almost every tool quietly lowers the ceiling. — tap to centre the map on it A good tool raises the floor of whatpeople can build without loweringthe ceiling, and almost every toolquietly lowers the ceiling. Last stated a year ago 18 Sept 2025 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2025-09-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: A new API framework that ignores how existing apps were historically built undermines its own introduction — tap to centre the map on it A new API framework that ignores howexisting apps were historicallybuilt undermines its ownintroduction Last stated 2 months ago 31 Aug 2026 CH Craig Hockenberry — holds since 2026-08-31 — tap for who they are Same subject: A tool's speed comes primarily from its design decisions rather than the programming language it is written in. — tap to centre the map on it A tool's speed comes primarily fromits design decisions rather than theprogramming language it is writtenin. Last stated 10 months ago 29 Dec 2025 AP Aaron Patterson — holds since 2025-12-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI tools are now highly effective at generating UI code from a rough natural-language description — tap to centre the map on it AI tools are now highly effective atgenerating UI code from a roughnatural-language description Last stated 7 months ago 7 Apr 2026 CW Chris Wellons — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are Same subject: Building a command-line interface is almost always a good idea; building a terminal UI almost never is — tap to centre the map on it Building a command-line interface isalmost always a good idea; buildinga terminal UI almost never is Last stated 3 months ago 20 Aug 2026 TP Thomas Ptacek — holds since 2026-08-20 — tap for who they are Same subject: It is helpful to be able to see several options side by side, quickly, in one file. — tap to centre the map on it It is helpful to be able to seeseveral options side by side,quickly, in one file. Last stated 5 months ago 16 Jun 2026 BW Brett Williams — holds since 2026-06-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A browser works better as a single window than as multiple separate windows. — tap to centre the map on it A browser works better as a singlewindow than as multiple separatewindows. Last stated 2 months ago 15 Sept 2026 CC Chris Coyier — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: A design has to be kept simple for reliability and intellectual control, but nobody yet knows how to reach simplicity systematically. — tap to centre the map on it A design has to be kept simple forreliability and intellectualcontrol, but nobody yet knows how toreach simplicity systematically. Last stated 28 years ago 1 Mar 1999 ED Edsger W. Dijkstra — holds since 1999-03-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: A designer's edge now is pulling things back, making them simpler and more understandable, because everyone can kind of execute right now. — tap to centre the map on it A designer's edge now is pullingthings back, making them simpler andmore understandable, becauseeveryone can kind of execute rightnow. Last stated 3 months ago 29 Jul 2026 CD Charlie Deets — holds since 2026-07-29 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Creative work is better served by a diverse toolkit of specialized tools than by one universal tool. Last stated 22 Feb 2018 · 9 years ago Holds Bennett Foddy Read this korrent →