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“It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.”

Apple always seems to be “behind” in innovative technology when in fact it is already applying it in purpose-driven ways that are less about tech demos and more about customer delight.

Google is extremely well-placed for where they think the puck is going.

I don’t think they are evil. I think they, like other tech companies, are just idealistic in a way that works best for them.

Numbers are important. Number of users is important. So are lots of other things. Different services create value in different ways. Trust your gut as much (or more) than the numbers. Figure out what matters and build something good.

The hamburger menu is the new mystery meat navigation.

Part of social progress is understanding that a person is not defined only by one’s sexuality, race, or gender.

Multi-tasking is cognitively exhausting — when we do it by choice, being asked to stop can come as a welcome change.

The vast majority of the time, that app you think is an amazing idea isn’t.

There’s no question that things like layout, shape, and color can have a profound influence on user interaction. But the features have to be there to interact with.

The best practice for the modern web is to let people manage their own windows and tabs.

It’s a software world. And because of software, it’s a soft world in a different sense, in the original sense of the world: it changes its shape easily.

Interactivity is a matter of invitation, and physical cues are only one specific type.

What your links say, can say a lot about your site.

It’s a well known fact that people tend to overestimate the impact technology will have in the short term, but underestimate its significance in the longer term.