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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

Upton Sinclair, born 1878, American novelist and social reformer.

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Apple always seems to be “behind” in innovative technology when in fact it is already applying it in purpose-driven ways that are less about tech demos and more about customer delight.

Matthew Panzarino reviewing iPhone 7

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Google is extremely well-placed for where they think the puck is going.

Marco Arment, comparing Apple to the competition on matters of AI & Big Data

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I don’t think they are evil. I think they, like other tech companies, are just idealistic in a way that works best for them.

Musician Zoë Keating about Google, asking What should I do about Youtube?

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Numbers are important. Number of users is important. So are lots of other things. Different services create value in different ways. Trust your gut as much (or more) than the numbers. Figure out what matters and build something good.

Twitter & Medium founder Ev Williams, in his Medium post A mile wide, an inch deep

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The hamburger menu is the new mystery meat navigation.

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Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one’s sexuality, race, or gender.

Tim Cook, CEO of Apple speaking up "I'm Proud to be Gay"

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Multi-tasking is cognitively exhausting — when we do it by choice, being asked to stop can come as a welcome change.

Clay Shirky, in a very thoughtful piece, explaining why he asked his students to put their laptops away…

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The vast majority of the time, that app you think is an amazing idea isn’t.

Startup L Jackson on web v/s native apps

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There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color can have a profound influence on user interaction. But the features have to be there to interact with.

Dr. Drang, in a footnote to his response to reactions to the WWDC Keynote on iOS8

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The best practice for the modern web is to let people manage their own windows and tabs.

Marco Arment, on Forcing links to open in new windows: an argument that should have ended 15 years ago

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It’s a software world. And because of software, it’s a soft world in a different sense, in the original sense of the world: it changes its shape easily.

Frank Chimero, paraphrasing in his must-read peace What Screens Want

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Interactivity is a matter of invitation, and physical cues are only one specific type.

Matt Gemmel, on the new design of iOS 7

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Source: wronghands, via: tastefullyoffensive

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What your links say, can say a lot about your site.

Why Your Links Should Never Say “Click Here” - UX Movement

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It’s a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term.

Larry Page, announcing Google closing the acquisition of Motorola