“We keep our products simple. I’d rather have people grow out of our products, as long as more people are growing into them.
Jason Fried, The Way I Work
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“We keep our products simple. I’d rather have people grow out of our products, as long as more people are growing into them.
“Would you take your next paycheck in page views? or users? or followers? or visitors? or eyeballs (remember that one from the 90s)? Go down to the corner store and plunk down a million impressions for a gum ball. They’ll probably call the cops.
“Bells and whistles are software jewelry. Most software looks like Mr. T.
“Don’t you sometimes long to be CEO of a company like Sony Ericsson, Samsung, Nokia or Microsoft? So that you can say to your coders, your designers, your development teams and your software architects: “Not Fucking Good Enough. I haven’t said ‘Wow’ yet. I haven’t gasped with pleasure, amusement or admiration once. Start again. Not Fucking Good Enough.
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