“I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.” IfsInspirationalWritingWishEasyCasesProductsChecksDevelopingMicrosoft Book:Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs Source: Motivating Thoughts of Steve Jobs
“Complex organisms cannot be construed as the sum of their genes, nor do genes alone build particular items of anatomy or behavior by themselves. Most genes influence several aspects of anatomy and behavior as they operate through complex interactions with other genes and their products, and with environmental factors both within and outside the developing organism. We fall into a deep error, not just a harmful oversimplification, when we speak of genes "for" particular items of anatomy or behavior.” FallSpeakInfluenceParticularProductsBehaviorAspectErrorsComplexesEnvironmentalFactorsDevelopingGenesInteractionOrganismsItemsAnatomyOversimplificationInteraction With OthersEnvironmental Factors Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“But life cannot maintain itself alone. The Creator of life has entrusted us with the responsibility of preserving, developing, and perfecting it. In order that we may accomplish this, He has provided us with a collection of marvelous faculties. And He has put us in the midst of a variety of natural resources. By the application of our faculties to these natural resources we convert them into products, and use them. The process is necessary in order that life may run its appointed course.” MayUseRunningOrderCoursesPoliticsProcessNaturalResponsibilityEconomyProductsResourcesCreatorAccomplishVarietyDevelopingLiberalismCollectionsMidstFacultyApplicationMarvelousNatural Resources Book:The Law Source: The Law
“A powerful tool in the early stages of developing scenarios is to pretend the interface is magic. If your persona has goals and the product has magical powers to meet them, how simple could the interaction be? This kind of thinking is useful to help designers look outside the box.” IfsThinkingLooksKindHelpingGoalSimplePowerfulMagicStageProductsToolsBoxesDevelopingDesignerInteractionScenariosPersonaInterfacesOutside The Box Book:About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design Source: About Face 3: The Essentials of Interaction Design
“Pinterest has been helpful to my business. Making inspiration boards is really key to developing products. When I was getting married, I literally cut out tear sheets and put my own boards together. Had I known about Pinterest, I would have been able to do it so much more easily.” Has BeensInspirationAbleTogetherMy OwnKnownCuttingTearsProductsKeysMarriedDevelopingBoardsHelpfulSheetsGetting MarriedPinterest Author:Dylan Lauren
“The very ability to empathize with a user requires that I have an understanding of that user's value and needs. This is what leads to many product fails. The individuals developing the innovation don't actually use it.” NeedsUseValuesIndividualUnderstandingAbilityFailingProductsInnovationDevelopingUsers Author:David Livermore
“An executive might have a very strong intuition that a given product has promise, without considering the probability that a rival is already ahead in developing the same product.” MightStrongGivenProductsPromiseIntuitionDevelopingExecutivesVery StrongConsideringProbabilityRivals Author:Daniel Kahneman
“You can get an ice-cold Coke for around fifty cents in most developing countries, not just in the major population centers, but at the most remote and surprising places. The logistical challenges to resupplying all these outlets are enormous - and yet, the entire system works with incredible efficiency as is confirmed by the price of the product.” CountryChallengesProductsColdMajorsIncrediblesPopulationEnormousIceDevelopingFiftySurprisingCentsEfficiencyOutletsCokeDeveloping Countries Author:Thomas Pogge
“The GDP approach doesn't address many aspects of human life: health, education, political liberty, religious liberty, employment opportunities. And these are not all that well correlated with gross domestic product. We also have to think about equality among groups. And freedom of speech and religion. China always ranks near the top of developing countries these days, but there are lots of things we might see as lacking in China.” ThinkingHumansWellsCountryMightPoliticalOpportunityReligiousLibertyGroupsProductsSpeechApproachAspectChinaEmploymentDevelopingThese DaysHuman LifeAddressesFreedom Of SpeechLackingGrossGdpReligious LibertyDeveloping CountriesGross Domestic ProductHealth EducationEmployment Opportunities Author:Martha C. Nussbaum