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If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed. And if the system induces you to make the error, then it is really badly designed.
Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible.
The best products do two things well: features and details. Features are what draw people to the product. Details are what keep them there.
Design is really an act of communication, which means having a deep understanding of the person with whom the designer is communicating.
If the system lets you make the error, it is badly designed. And if the system induces you to make the error, then it is really badly designed.
Good design is actually a lot harder to notice than poor design, in part because good designs fit our needs so well that the design is invisible.
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when you study people who've created extraordinary lives, you realize they didn't follow templates for career paths and lifestyles; they designed their own blueprint.
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