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Design. Simplify. Refine. – The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Specifications

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Design. Simplify. Refine. The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Specifications. May 24, 2012. Generally speaking, there are two kinds of things you can buy: products and services. Products like bicycles or coffee makers are often differentiated based on feature lists and tables of specifications. Services from plumbers to dentists are often described using more personal and subjective considerations. Of using the product becomes increasingly important instead. Success Through High Prices and Low Specs.

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Category: Refine

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Design. Simplify. Refine. Unpatchable Smartphones, Forever Flawed. July 16, 2012. Google has a long history of releasing services early in their life cycles. From the famous Gmail beta that lasted over five years. To the services and extra features in Google Labs, almost everything they make is released to the public in an early state and then polished over time. Product Betas Are Great. Why release a product before it’s fully finished? Betas as Final Releases are. When it came to creating a mobile opera...

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Tag: shypost

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Design. Simplify. Refine. May 30, 2012. In contrast to printed media, updates are easy to apply on the Web. This flexibility while liberating can be used for sleazy purposes, e.g. to hide mistakes. Here’s how I’ll manage updates until I find a better system. Deletions in posts will be marked up with. Tags and hidden from view by default. New and modified text in posts will be visibly identified with an Update:. Ldquo;Pages” like About. Minor corrections to spelling and grammar will not be noted.

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Unpatchable Smartphones, Forever Flawed

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Design. Simplify. Refine. Unpatchable Smartphones, Forever Flawed. July 16, 2012. Google has a long history of releasing services early in their life cycles. From the famous Gmail beta that lasted over five years. To the services and extra features in Google Labs, almost everything they make is released to the public in an early state and then polished over time. Product Betas Are Great. Why release a product before it’s fully finished? Betas as Final Releases are. When it came to creating a mobile opera...

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Tag: google

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Design. Simplify. Refine. Unpatchable Smartphones, Forever Flawed. July 16, 2012. Google has a long history of releasing services early in their life cycles. From the famous Gmail beta that lasted over five years. To the services and extra features in Google Labs, almost everything they make is released to the public in an early state and then polished over time. Product Betas Are Great. Why release a product before it’s fully finished? Betas as Final Releases are. When it came to creating a mobile opera...

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Flashlight Apps

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Design. Simplify. Refine. May 29, 2012. Imagine for a second the perfect flashlight app. For your smartphone. What features would it include? What would the instructions look like? Here’s how you’d use my dream app:. That’s it. To turn the light off, simply hit the physical home button to exit the app. Power buttons within the app itself duplicate existing functionality and only serve to slow you down. Something simple like Quick™ Light. Gives you light when you want it. Want to send a visual message?

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Allied Titanium 1/4″ Shackle Review

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Design. Simplify. Refine. Allied Titanium 1/4″ Shackle Review. February 27, 2014. So shiny, you can count my fingers in the reflection. (Click pics to enlarge.). The High Strength Titanium D-Shackle. Kickstarter project by Allied Titanium. Recently invited backers to test out samples from their production run. Here’s my take on their 1/4″ shackle. First, a quick summary of the many features:. Grade 5 (Ti6Al4V) titanium: light, strong, non-toxic, non-magnetic, corrosion-free. And the threaded clevis.

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Category: Simplify

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Design. Simplify. Refine. May 29, 2012. Imagine for a second the perfect flashlight app. For your smartphone. What features would it include? What would the instructions look like? Here’s how you’d use my dream app:. That’s it. To turn the light off, simply hit the physical home button to exit the app. Power buttons within the app itself duplicate existing functionality and only serve to slow you down. Something simple like Quick™ Light. Gives you light when you want it. Want to send a visual message?

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Managing Updates

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Design. Simplify. Refine. May 30, 2012. In contrast to printed media, updates are easy to apply on the Web. This flexibility while liberating can be used for sleazy purposes, e.g. to hide mistakes. Here’s how I’ll manage updates until I find a better system. Deletions in posts will be marked up with. Tags and hidden from view by default. New and modified text in posts will be visibly identified with an Update:. Ldquo;Pages” like About. Minor corrections to spelling and grammar will not be noted.

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Design. Simplify. Refine. – Tag: cur.by

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Design. Simplify. Refine. Photos from Hong Kong. December 14, 2014. Is a simple landing page that links to our travel photos, currently hosted on Flickr. The most recent album is from our Hong Kong trip last month. Of course, the real. Purpose of this post is to ensure I have more than one post in 2014. Done and done. And tagged cur.by. The Cost of Free Services. June 29, 2012. And tagged cur.by. May 30, 2012. Here’s how I’ll manage updates until I find a better system. And tagged cur.by. May 22, 2012.