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Please do share any other reads :), thanks
by Mad_Fury 8y ago
Please do share any other reads :), thanks
- poulsbohemian 8y agoIt really helps to read both A Pattern Language and The Timeless Way of Building together, so you get a complete picture of Alexander's thoughts.
- Kaibeezy 8y agoOK. It doesn’t really go to your original post, but I often also point people to The Design of Everyday Things, Donald Norman, 1988, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Things https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Design_of_Everyday_Thing... Basic insight into the question of: “What makes a good tool?” Maybe for your purposes, the angle is: “When is a simplified tool more useful than a complex one?” Or: “How can I add complexity to a tool while preserving its usefulness?”