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I despise the word "taste" for preferring specific software and workflows. Why are you selecting for aesthetic experience over usefulness? I do get satisfactio
by constantcrying 1y ago
I despise the word "taste" for preferring specific software and workflows. Why are you selecting for aesthetic experience over usefulness?
I do get satisfaction from the results of my work, not through the mechanical process of arriving there. Tools are useful or not and this is the category by which I decide to use them or not.
- supportengineer 1y agoNot only that but a tool is only useful in a specific context
- waynesonfire 1y agoGood for you, some people enjoy the journey.
- IncreasePosts 1y agoCan the aesthetic experience improve usefulness? A million years ago I had an MP3 player with all of my mp3s on it. I listened to it every now and then. But when the iPod came out, and I put my same MP3 library on there, I listened to it all the time because it was super nice to use and interact with
- 30minAdayHN 1y agoIs the author doing that over usefulness or doing that in addition to usefulness? Some people would also enjoy the journey with the tool, along with the results. Just because someone enjoys the 'taste' of the tool doesn't mean that they don't care about usefulness. Also usefulness is very subjective too depending on the context and scope.
- PantaloonFlames 1y ago> And what I mean by taste here is simply the honed ability to distinguish mediocrity from excellence. This will be highly subjective, … It is not about aesthetics , from my reading. You brought that connotation into the conversation.