Friday July 25, 2008
“In the competition between PCs and Macs, we outsell Apple 30-to-1. But there is no doubt that Apple is thriving,” Ballmer wrote in the email, a copy of which was obtained by the Wall Street Journal. “Why? Because they are good at providing an experience that is narrow but complete, while our commitment to choice often comes with some compromises to the end-to-end experience.”
Balmer - Constraint Drive Pleasing Design Quote posted by Mark Kraemer in Apple, Business, Design, Microsoft, Strategy, User Experience .
Thursday May 29, 2008
Adaptive Path’s Kim Lenox: “I’m so f*^#ing tired of not being able to share the work I’m most proud of with my peers. There are so many lessons to learn from past work and yet it’s all wasting away under piles of NDA’s. It’s even more frustrating when we extrapolate just how many other designers worldwide have concepts that will also never see the light of day.”
Amen.
A Rant on Design Concepts and Confidentiality Link posted by Jared Christensen in Business, Design .