Getting simple
February 16th, 2009 | Comments Off on Getting simple
Did anyone ever come up with a brilliant idea or make someone feel special while drinking a latte, talking on the phone and checking stock prices simultaneously? With apologies to all the multi-tasking geniuses out there, I doubt it.
The irony of texting and tweeting is that we often lose that precious moment — the real experience of it — while we try to document it. There are times when the simple life is better, as David Mantey, editor of Product Design & Development, points out.
Simple has its values in business too. In an SD Times editorial, Simon Galbraith, joint CEO of Red Gate, asserts that as software developers pile on the features, version after version, they just might be missing the opportunity to make something truly great.
