How does one make a decision about whether a particular set of usage scenarios should be addressed by a single app or multiple apps? I recently came across this question on a UX mailing list. Here’s the approach I’ve used for answering it a little while ago. My approach was to prototype both the single-app [...]
Simplicity/complexity is a false dichotomy The real enemy is unnecessary complication Simplistic is not good either. Lack of power/control. Truly simple products understand complexity, but don’t reflect it. How to get there? First solution is likely to be Procrustean: Notes, Google Wave, etc. – neat, plausible, wrong. Things that conspire against simplicity: features, versions, context, [...]
Happy 2011! You may have noticed that there hasn’t been much going on here for a while now. Let me apologize and explain. I could use the standard excuse – being too busy with projects both professional and personal – and that would be partially true. But the real reason is, I needed to rethink [...]
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