Comments on: Made to Stick http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/ simplicity resources for design, business, technology, and life Sat, 31 Jul 2010 19:38:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: maeda http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-4040 Wed, 09 May 2007 13:06:03 +0000 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-4040 Hooray for "Runde Kanter"! I love how different languages often have just the right way to connect to an imprecise human idea. Thanks for the wisdom. Hooray for “Runde Kanter”! I love how different languages often have just the right way to connect to an imprecise human idea. Thanks for the wisdom.

]]> by: Wiseguy http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-4039 Wed, 09 May 2007 12:28:48 +0000 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-4039 I am happy to get an established view of indeterminism. Thanks heaps. Academia just doesn't like to admit to this topic, henceforth it is increcibly hard to get funding for projects that doesn't fit "right" in. I have personally a saying:"Runde Kanter" danish that roughly translates into "Round Edges" or "Corners" as you put it. Beautifully indetermined. I am happy to get an established view of indeterminism. Thanks heaps. Academia just doesn’t like to admit to this topic, henceforth it is increcibly hard to get funding for projects that doesn’t fit “right” in.

I have personally a saying:”Runde Kanter” danish that roughly translates into “Round Edges” or “Corners” as you put it. Beautifully indetermined.

]]> by: Rob Caron http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-3774 Fri, 04 May 2007 03:30:10 +0000 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-3774 Yesterday, I attended a full-day Made to Stick training session by the Heath brothers. Great stuff with a lot of parallels to the Laws of Simplicity. Yesterday, I attended a full-day Made to Stick training session by the Heath brothers. Great stuff with a lot of parallels to the Laws of Simplicity.

]]> by: maeda http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-2370 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:17:58 +0000 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-2370 I think in life some of us are always looking for formulas, rules, laws. I remember way back when I was first learning about user interfaces how there was some research paper that asserted the mind's ability to only see seven things at once. At the time, my professor told me that I had displayed eight elements and that I was simply wrong. "Remove your eighth element as <b>the rule</b> says that is simply impossible to be comprehended!" I recall being puzzled as I seemed to have no problem with the eighth element, or nine elements as well. My friends didn't have a problem too. It made me wonder about rules ... Anyone who reads my Laws recognizes that they are all quite inexact and left open for many interpretations. Some are confounded by their lack of clarity. I don't claim to have figured this stuff out really. I'm looking forward to the next few decades to sort this whole thing out, and am happy to share my current evolving snapshot. I find Jakob's work quite interesting and proper for both an academic and industrial environment. My work probably has a different fit -- for those that can't find the "right" fit, like myself. I have found that there's certain advantages to being a square peg in a world with many <i>very</i> round holes. I'll go back and work on my corners now ... I think in life some of us are always looking for formulas, rules, laws.

I remember way back when I was first learning about user interfaces how there was some research paper that asserted the mind’s ability to only see seven things at once. At the time, my professor told me that I had displayed eight elements and that I was simply wrong. “Remove your eighth element as the rule says that is simply impossible to be comprehended!” I recall being puzzled as I seemed to have no problem with the eighth element, or nine elements as well. My friends didn’t have a problem too. It made me wonder about rules …

Anyone who reads my Laws recognizes that they are all quite inexact and left open for many interpretations. Some are confounded by their lack of clarity. I don’t claim to have figured this stuff out really. I’m looking forward to the next few decades to sort this whole thing out, and am happy to share my current evolving snapshot.

I find Jakob’s work quite interesting and proper for both an academic and industrial environment. My work probably has a different fit — for those that can’t find the “right” fit, like myself. I have found that there’s certain advantages to being a square peg in a world with many very round holes. I’ll go back and work on my corners now …

]]> by: Wiseguy http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-2369 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 20:03:52 +0000 http://lawsofsimplicity.com/2007/04/14/made-to-stick/#comment-2369 simplicity = core + compact. The banality of the equation is startling, not because it is clever but because it is brilliantly stupid. I have encountered several of these equations, innovation = creativity + knowledge. But the words are hollow and it is only used by people who have created nothing in reality. This is the enemy that artist face and it is powerful - it can in the end kill all creativity and that is bound to happen if human creation ends up on a formula. BTW John - I have been into your stuff since the late 90´es, and I love your publications and view of the digital platform, why is it that I am being taught the theories of Jakob Nielsen at University, not yours? Frankly - that guy is a hoax just check out his website http://www.useit.com/. Is that design or user friendly, I doubt it and sincerely hope it is not. simplicity = core + compact.

The banality of the equation is startling, not because it is clever but because it is brilliantly stupid. I have encountered several of these equations, innovation = creativity + knowledge. But the words are hollow and it is only used by people who have created nothing in reality. This is the enemy that artist face and it is powerful - it can in the end kill all creativity and that is bound to happen if human creation ends up on a formula.

BTW John - I have been into your stuff since the late 90´es, and I love your publications and view of the digital platform, why is it that I am being taught the theories of Jakob Nielsen at University, not yours? Frankly - that guy is a hoax just check out his website http://www.useit.com/. Is that design or user friendly, I doubt it and sincerely hope it is not.

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