devins

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by devins 7y ago
Casting such a broad net with the word "doubt" suggests that all questions are argumentative. But in fact, almost none of the questions listed here are necessarily expressions of doubt or the basis for an argument. They are expres
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by devins 8y ago
I like to think I'm pretty well read, and I read mostly used paperbacks. But, aside from the universal question mark, I have never seen the markings you would prescribe for all to use. I have my own system involving brackets and post-i
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by devins 8y ago
The market for these products still isn't clear to me. The prototypes they produce are always super unrealistic. And to get anything remotely usable for e.g. user testing, you end up spending huge amounts of time and often writing code
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by devins 8y ago
Couldn't agree more. I've spent a lot of time trying to explain this concept. I do think the author has overlooked another common reason that problem definition gets overlooked: people simply conflate problems and solutions. Most
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by devins 8y ago
Every proposal like this seems to assume that the web is basically the same as paper, and therefore should have tools that work like print tools. And this may be true for many marketing sites, which are effectively posters with download but
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by devins 9y ago
I think there's something to be said for the "it suits me" perspective. I had a similar conversion to fitness at the same age (though not running). Everybody also told me I must have such will power, but it really just suits
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by devins 9y ago
I've found healthy disagreement to be one of the most productive forces in my work. Another few interesting reads on the subject: https://www.brown.edu/academics/philosophy/sites/brown.edu.a... https:&#
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by devins 9y ago
+1 to imagery. Half of Instagram is pictures of food for good reason.
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Bringing Back Skeuomorphic Design(blog.prototypr.io)
87 points by devins 9y ago|80 comments
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by devins 9y ago
I love the idea. Pretty tedious without the ability to search.