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17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 1 Feb 2002 to 15 Sept 2026.

Everything filed under design design Everything filed under simplicity simplicity Everything filed under creativity creativity Everything filed under product management product management Everything filed under taste taste Everything filed under humility humility Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Do not judge a product's beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel. Do not judge a product's beauty by itsaesthetics; judge it by how it made youfeel. Last stated 3 years ago 16 Nov 2023 JZ Julie Zhuo — holds since 2023-11-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty is agency: a thing is beautiful because it has agency, not because of how it looks. — tap to centre the map on it Beauty is agency: a thing isbeautiful because it has agency, notbecause of how it looks. Last stated 3 years ago 1 Sept 2023 NO Neri Oxman — holds since 2023-09-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: You are not a craftsperson unless you care about the parts of a product that other people do not see. — tap to centre the map on it You are not a craftsperson unlessyou care about the parts of aproduct that other people do notsee. Last stated a month ago 15 Sept 2026 TL Tobias Lütke — holds since 2026-09-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Do not assume how good a model will or will not be at the thing you want it to do. — tap to centre the map on it Do not assume how good a model willor will not be at the thing you wantit to do. Last stated 2 months ago 11 Aug 2026 KZ Kyle Zantos — holds since 2026-08-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: Beauty shows that culture is not simply utilitarian, since a lack of beauty is something civilization cannot tolerate — tap to centre the map on it Beauty shows that culture is notsimply utilitarian, since a lack ofbeauty is something civilizationcannot tolerate SF Sigmund Freud — holds since c. 1930 — tap for who they are Same subject: When beauty is the guiding principle, a product is forced to be simpler, into something most people would understand. — tap to centre the map on it When beauty is the guidingprinciple, a product is forced to besimpler, into something most peoplewould understand. Last stated 2 years ago 21 Feb 2025 TC Thiago Costa — holds since 2025-02-21 — tap for who they are Same subject: Excelling at one attribute doesn't make a product superior overall to alternatives. — tap to centre the map on it Excelling at one attribute doesn'tmake a product superior overall toalternatives. Last stated 2 months ago 23 Aug 2026 AS Anthony Sculimbrene — holds since 2026-08-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Good design is timeless: if something is ugly it cannot be the best solution, and someone will eventually find a better one. — tap to centre the map on it Good design is timeless: ifsomething is ugly it cannot be thebest solution, and someone willeventually find a better one. Last stated 25 years ago 1 Feb 2002 PG Paul Graham — holds since 2002-02-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: With products moving fast, designers should do less: not design something if they do not have to. — tap to centre the map on it With products moving fast, designersshould do less: not design somethingif they do not have to. Last stated 2 months ago 16 Aug 2026 IS Ian Silber — holds since 2026-08-16 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business is more likely to fail from taking on too much complexity than from lacking resources. — tap to centre the map on it A business is more likely to failfrom taking on too much complexitythan from lacking resources. Last stated 8 years ago 29 Sept 2018 TG Tren Griffin — holds since 2018-09-29 — tap for who they are Same subject: A business succeeds through a small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre ones. — tap to centre the map on it A business succeeds through a smallnumber of highly effectivedistribution channels, not manymediocre ones. Last stated 3 years ago 17 Feb 2024 AW Adam Wiggins — holds since 2024-02-17 — tap for who they are Same subject: A candidate negotiating an offer should make every ask fit one line of logic. — tap to centre the map on it A candidate negotiating an offershould make every ask fit one lineof logic. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — 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 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 person who works from a recipe, even an innovative one, starts from something that already exists. — tap to centre the map on it A person who works from a recipe,even an innovative one, starts fromsomething that already exists. Last stated 11 years ago 6 Nov 2015 TU Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Simplify onboarding" is an action, not a problem, and a roadmap line written that way will not work. — tap to centre the map on it "Simplify onboarding" is an action,not a problem, and a roadmap linewritten that way will not work. Last stated 2 years ago 19 Jan 2025 EV Elena Verna — holds since 2025-01-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company needs someone with a product vision to recover — tap to centre the map on it A company needs someone with aproduct vision to recover Last stated 4 years ago 5 Nov 2022 DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2022-11-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A company should define what great looks like for its own role rather than borrow another company's definition. — tap to centre the map on it A company should define what greatlooks like for its own role ratherthan borrow another company'sdefinition. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Aug 2026 AW Adam Ward — holds since 2026-08-09 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Do not judge a product's beauty by its aesthetics; judge it by how it made you feel. Last stated 16 Nov 2023 · 3 years ago Holds Julie Zhuo Read this korrent →