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← Interfaces shape what people notice, categorize, remember, and consider possible to do.
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Read this korrent: Interfaces shape what people notice, categorize, remember, and consider possible to do.
Interfaces shape what people notice, categorize, remember, and consider possible to do.
Last stated 2 months ago
4 Sept 2026
KR
Kenneth Reitz — holds since 2026-09-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: Hands feel things and hands manipulate things, and most visions of future interfaces ignore both. — tap to centre the map on it
Hands feel things and hands manipulate things, and most visions of future interfaces ignore both.
Last stated 15 years ago
8 Nov 2011
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Bret Victor — holds since 2011-11-08 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A user interface feels better the more it lets people use their innate spatial and kinesthetic abilities. — tap to centre the map on it
A user interface feels better the more it lets people use their innate spatial and kinesthetic abilities.
Last stated 3 years ago
30 Jan 2024
JS
John Siracusa — holds since 2024-01-30 — tap for who they are
Same subject: The next stage is probably interfaces that the agent itself can reshape. — tap to centre the map on it
The next stage is probably interfaces that the agent itself can reshape.
Last stated a month ago
10 Sept 2026
MK
Mike Krieger — holds since 2026-09-10 — tap for who they are
Same subject: There is a ton of value in packaging capabilities in an interface that makes sense to people; a design skill alone did not get used. — tap to centre the map on it
There is a ton of value in packaging capabilities in an interface that makes sense to people; a design skill alone did not get used.
Last stated 3 months ago
4 Aug 2026
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Nate Parrott — holds since 2026-08-04 — 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 fail from taking on too much complexity than 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 small number of highly effective distribution channels, not many mediocre 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 offer should make every ask fit one line of 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 big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it. — tap to centre the map on it
A big part of taste is delivering high levels of craft in an accessible way so that as many people as possible can experience it.
Last stated 6 months ago
21 Apr 2026
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Brandon Jacoby — holds since 2026-04-21 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers. — tap to centre the map on it
A company name can have different appeal to corporate buyers versus their customers.
Last stated 2 weeks ago
4 Oct 2026
PG
Paul Graham — holds since 2026-10-04 — tap for who they are
Same subject: A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on. — tap to centre the map on it
A first draft should not be graded good or bad; it is only the material that taste then gets to act on.
Last stated 2 months ago
6 Aug 2026
GS
George Saunders — holds since 2026-08-06 — 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 is probably the greatest inhibitor of creativity; great ideas came from people not paid to have them
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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 neural organization may be the secret of human creativity, at the price of susceptibility 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 from something that already exists.
Last stated 11 years ago
6 Nov 2015
TU
Tim Urban — holds since 2015-11-06 — tap for who they are
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