"Technological advances have always been driven more by……" — John Maeda
"Technological advances have always been driven more by a mind-set of 'I can' than 'I should' Technologists love to cram maximum functionality into their products. That's 'I can' thinking, which is driven by peer competition and market forces But this approach ignores the far more important question of how the consumer will actually use the device focus on what we should be doing, not just what we can."
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52 Quotes by John Maeda
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Really great products, like @nest, have #design baked in from the beginning instead of slapped on at the end.
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Too little confidence, and you're unable to act; too much confidence, and you're unable to hear.
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