Simplicity Gone Awry

January 25, 20062 Comments

There's a famous quote by the great Milton Glaser which goes, "Less isn't more; just enough is more." As a follow up to my previous post Simplicity is Divine, I wanted to quickly touch on how truly difficult it is to develop the simplicity that Google, Apple, and Intuit have achieved. ...

Simplicity is Divine

January 24, 20060 Comments

Last Spring, I sat down with my business partner to create a simple process flow. In the beginning there was an input and an output. Being well versed in the art of structured problem solving (we're both engineers); we cranked out enough formulas and theorems to put French ...