Monday November 9, 2009
“Good Design is a powerful weapon. Prepare designs – not arguments – to win the war!”
Design > Argument Quote posted by Matt Donovan in Consulting, Design .
Wednesday August 5, 2009
If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the people to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea.
-Antoine De Sainte-Exupery (Author of The Little Prince) via the Netflix Culture deck, slide 76.
What do you yearn for? Quote posted by Matt Donovan in Culture, Recruiting .
Thursday October 16, 2008
If you fail, then by definition you have tried. But if you give up,
you didn’t. – Jason Calacanis
Permission to fail Quote posted by Matt Donovan in Business, Strategy .
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 .
Wednesday May 7, 2008
“A work of art is realized when form and content are indistinguishable.” – Paul Rand
Paul Rand on art Quote posted by Matt Donovan in Design, Visualization .