“You've got to start with the customer experience and work back toward the technology - not the other way around.”
A personal commonplace book
Words I Return To
A growing collection of ideas about making useful things, doing the work, and keeping perspective.
- Entries
- 11
- Themes
- 05
- Collection
- Ongoing
[01]
One to carry
[02]
The collection
- 01Learning
“The man who asks a question is a fool for a minute, the man who does not ask is a fool for life.”
- 02Practice
“Rest at the end, not in the middle.”
- 03Craft
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”
- 04Practice
“If you fail to plan, you are planning to fail.”
- 05Perspective
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
- 06Practice
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”
- 07Craft
“Talk is cheap. Show me the code.”
- 08Craft
“It's not about how fast you type, it's about how fast you think.”
- 09Product
“Before software can be reusable it first has to be usable.”
- 10Craft
“First, solve the problem. Then, write the code.”