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Simplicity is about the unexpected pleasure derived from what is likely to be insignificant and would otherwise go unnoticed.
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When forced to wait, life seems unnecessarily complex. Savings in time feel like simplicity. … A shot from the doctor hurts less when it happens quickly, and even less when we know that the shot will save our lives.
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This is true for any object, no matter how difficult. The problem with taking time to learn a task is that you often feel you are wasting time, a violation of the third Law. We are well aware of the dive-in-head-first approach-“I don’t need the instructions, let me just do it.” But in fact this m...
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Technology has made our lives more full, yet at the same time we’ve become uncomfortably “full.”
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John Maeda is a graphic designer and computer scientist. His book, The Laws of Simplicity, proposes
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The best designers in the world all squint when they look at something. They squint to see the forest from the trees-to find the right balance. Squint at the world. You will see more, by seeing less.
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In addition to the ten Laws, Maeda offers three Keys to achieving simplicity in the technology domain.
1 AWAY More appears like less by simply moving it far, far away.
2 OPEN Openness simplifies complexity.
3 POWER Use less, gain more.
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When in doubt, just remove. But be careful of what you remove. … When it is possible to reduce a system’s functionality without significant penalty, true simplification is realized.
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Geologist PhD, happy father (of 3), #science #teacher, #ed #tech & #geomatics blogger... and #runner - 'Technology is about benefits, not devices' (A. Chitnis)
These 10 laws about how to reach simplicity and exploit it for better work and life are really enlightening.
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