Innovation Is Not About Saying Yes to Everything
“Wait wait — put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don’t want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation...
View ArticleCreate Your Own Path. Be a Leader.
It’s easier to follow other’s path. Almost everyone is doing the same. Why would you need to spend more time to create your own path? The one who creates his own path might not be the most successful...
View ArticleInnovative, Collaborative, and Being Crazy
I learned three interesting stuffs today, and they’re somewhat connected. First is about innovation. I’ve been pushing, about us in Viki, to have a pet project to drive innovations. There were some...
View ArticleWhy You’ll Never be a Leader
When you have a discussion with a designer, pay attention to what he says when explaining his design rationale. If most of the time he says “That’s how the big one does it,” then you can expect to not...
View ArticleIteration is About the Users. Justifying is About Yourself.
Some (bad) designers don’t care about validating their designs with the users – real people. They have confidence that as a designer, they will always deliver the best experience to the users. While...
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