What Derek Sivers thinks about design
Founded CD Baby in 1998 and sold it in 2008, giving the proceeds to a charitable trust for music education. Since then a writer and speaker: five books, 550+ articles, and a site at sive.rs he hand-codes and keeps free of advertising.
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3 dated positions, 2016 to 2025, in their own words. Our reading of what Derek Sivers has said — not written or endorsed by them.
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Their wordsHow you present something to somebody completely changes their experience of it, their enjoyment of it, or even how often they're going to use it.
- 3 years earlier
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Their wordsDon't depend on any tool that needs an internet connection.
- 6 years earlier
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Our readingThe feeds businesses design to be addictive are obstacles to anyone whose aim is to make something.
Their wordsEvery business wants to get you addicted to their infinite updates, pings, chats, messages, and news. But if what you want out of life is to create, then those are your obstacles.