tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post1798855870438897092..comments2023-08-27T04:07:19.193-07:00Comments on Flat UI: Lots of CommentsPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-49049564609391366142013-04-05T22:20:43.824-07:002013-04-05T22:20:43.824-07:00I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I ...I make all my decisions on intuition. But then, I must know why I made that decision. I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellectPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-16285712065050558042013-04-05T22:20:17.083-07:002013-04-05T22:20:17.083-07:00A good design is driven by needs and defined by co...A good design is driven by needs and defined by constraints.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-54630722945197153562013-04-05T22:20:09.636-07:002013-04-05T22:20:09.636-07:00Color does not add a pleasant quality to design – ...Color does not add a pleasant quality to design – it reinforces it.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-63404955862820474042013-04-05T22:19:54.632-07:002013-04-05T22:19:54.632-07:00It is important not to let the perfect become the ...It is important not to let the perfect become the enemy of the good, even when you can agree on what perfect is. Doubly so when you can’t. As unpleasant as it is to be trapped by past mistakes, you can’t make any progress by being afraid of your own shadow during design.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-62178716952695233872013-04-05T22:19:29.318-07:002013-04-05T22:19:29.318-07:00Ideas trump aesthetics. Convenience trumps UI. Con...Ideas trump aesthetics. Convenience trumps UI. Content trumps platformsPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-23099630035643491752013-04-05T22:19:15.185-07:002013-04-05T22:19:15.185-07:00I would say my biggest pet peeve related to the in...I would say my biggest pet peeve related to the industry would be people focusing on technology instead of design, standards instead of users, and validation rather than innovation. Web standards and best practices are noble goals, but all too often in our community people forget they are a means to an end, not the end itself.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-45295599543553059542013-04-05T22:18:52.742-07:002013-04-05T22:18:52.742-07:00A common mistake that people make when trying to d...A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-15370543309614196452013-04-05T22:18:37.325-07:002013-04-05T22:18:37.325-07:00Creativity is a drug I cannot live withoutCreativity is a drug I cannot live withoutPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-67475235311862170092013-04-05T22:18:26.778-07:002013-04-05T22:18:26.778-07:00Don’t design for everyone. It’s impossible. All yo...Don’t design for everyone. It’s impossible. All you end up doing is designing something that makes everyone unhappy.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-73288461079500755932013-04-05T22:18:13.565-07:002013-04-05T22:18:13.565-07:00Creativity isn’t worth a thing if it isn’t served ...Creativity isn’t worth a thing if it isn’t served with an equal amount of reliability.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-56782320904449565852013-04-05T22:18:02.189-07:002013-04-05T22:18:02.189-07:00Too often, look and feel, color scheme, layout, an...Too often, look and feel, color scheme, layout, and identity are presented as solutions to problems discussed in these conversations long before regard is given to other less-aesthetic issues that may very well be the root of the problem. The old warning against treating symptom rather than cause comes to mind.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-28346229683479640392013-04-05T22:17:51.149-07:002013-04-05T22:17:51.149-07:00Minimalism is not a lack of something. It’s simply...Minimalism is not a lack of something. It’s simply the perfect amount of something.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-83322627526497989802013-04-05T22:17:41.065-07:002013-04-05T22:17:41.065-07:00Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product o...Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectationsPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-27828669349540512692013-04-05T22:17:05.863-07:002013-04-05T22:17:05.863-07:00Beautiful accidents can happen, but accident is no...Beautiful accidents can happen, but accident is not the basis for design excellence. Purposeful discovery followed by focused, skillful conceptualization and execution is the basis for design excellence.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-18190621795593264192013-04-05T22:16:56.855-07:002013-04-05T22:16:56.855-07:00There’s a difference between making an imitation a...There’s a difference between making an imitation and selling itPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-60431393407332491332013-04-05T22:16:44.002-07:002013-04-05T22:16:44.002-07:00Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they c...Designers can create normalcy out of chaos; they can clearly communicate ideas through the organizing and manipulating of words and pictures.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-33692786934511344882013-04-05T22:16:23.778-07:002013-04-05T22:16:23.778-07:00Great stories happen to people who can tell themGreat stories happen to people who can tell themPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-54911764007955415062013-04-05T22:16:15.498-07:002013-04-05T22:16:15.498-07:00Design from the spine and you’ll be fine<i>Design from the spine and you’ll be fine</i>Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-3749597723367398752013-04-05T22:16:02.749-07:002013-04-05T22:16:02.749-07:00If you are on Craigslist to get a sofa, and you se...If you are on Craigslist to get a sofa, and you see one for free. You think there’s something tragically wrong with it – maybe there are bedbugs. But if you see a sofa on there for $2,500, you think ‘oh man, that sofa must be amazing’. It’s the same thing with art – you set your own value.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-46648030953003849222013-04-05T22:12:25.939-07:002013-04-05T22:12:25.939-07:00Decisions on artwork by committee end up being mad...Decisions on artwork by committee end up being made on the premise of not turning people off rather than turning people on.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-75762607177734704482013-04-05T22:05:06.863-07:002013-04-05T22:05:06.863-07:00If you see a few lines of atrocious code, you can ...<b>If you see a few lines of atrocious code, you can make a judgement about the programmer. By judging the programmer, you can judge his boss, and by judging his boss you can judge the company. That’s the nature of fractals</b>Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-85036028796818941712013-04-05T22:02:07.807-07:002013-04-05T22:02:07.807-07:00Luck is the residue of designLuck is the residue of designPrayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-519105755805284492013-04-05T22:01:54.457-07:002013-04-05T22:01:54.457-07:00Show me someone who has done something worthwhile,...Show me someone who has done something worthwhile, and I’ll show you someone who has overcome adversity.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-64835351412952401202013-04-05T21:53:39.636-07:002013-04-05T21:53:39.636-07:00Clients don’t understand their success is reliant ...Clients don’t understand their success is reliant on standing out, not fitting in.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4978768910166596628.post-48680748626655551292013-04-05T21:52:11.189-07:002013-04-05T21:52:11.189-07:00All the magic, be it in code or design, starts wit...All the magic, be it in code or design, starts with a clear mind, pen and a blank paper.Prayag Vermahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16298497640128214612noreply@blogger.com