Little Big Details

by coderdude • 14 years ago

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Produce2• 14 years ago

If you want to develop your lateral thinking, don't read crap like this and put yourself in isolation instead. Solitude breeds creativity, not reading about other peoples' creativity.

codyjames2• 14 years ago

I have been experimenting with days off (that I hope to turn to weeks or months) of looking at or reading other people's work in favor of exploring my own ideas in a more complete way. That being said, if you live in a cave you will be making cave paintings while others paint the chapel.

Produce2• 14 years ago

> if you live in a cave you will be making cave paintings while others paint the chapel.

And if you live where nobody else does, you will build what nobody has imagined.

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/181349/Albert-Eins...

>he was increasingly isolated from the rest of the physics community. Because of the huge strides made by quantum theory in unraveling the secrets of atoms and molecules, the majority of physicists were working on the quantum theory, not relativity.

Nonetheless, what I said was inaccurate. Isolation does breed creativity but the fruits of it must be shared if something meaningful is to occur.

http://keithsawyer.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/does-solitude-en...

clarky07• 14 years ago

While thinking outside the box is certainly useful, I think Jobs "great artists steal" though is also very important here.

There are lots of great things that have come about from people improving on others ideas. The car was a huge improvement over the horse, but lots of different people since then have made important improvements.

As Android interfaces have pretty much universally been worse than iPhone counterparts, I'm all for people copying something that improves them and improves the overall quality of the store.

kaolinite• 14 years ago

Jobs..? You mean Pablo Picasso, right?

skizm• 14 years ago

> I think Jobs "great artists steal" though is also very important here.

Ironic or Intentional?

Sunlis• 14 years ago

Could you provide an example of something that is worse on Android that doesn't depend on your preference? I moved from an iPhone to an Android almost a year ago and found the Android OS and most of the apps much easier to use than on my iPhone (knowing where to find settings for different apps was a big thing). That doesn't mean that Android is better than iOS, it just means that I prefer it.

epo• 14 years ago

Yeah, this whole "standing on the shoulders of giants" thing is unnecessary to people of your immense ability. There is no faster or more certain road to mediocrity than hiding your work from the scrutiny of others or refusing to look at what others have done first.

emehrkay• 14 years ago

Looking to others' works for inspiration is not a bad thing. You just need to ask why they did something rather than "how can I copy it." You can begin to copy/emulate once you have an understanding of why the choice was made and if that why fits with yours.

I like this site and subscribe to the feed. It offers me a quick view at good/cool UI components and if I want more info, I go to the service to play with it.

prezjordan• 14 years ago

Love this blog. Surprised it hasn't been posted before.

bmelton2• 14 years ago

It has.

http://www.hnsearch.com/search#request/all&q=http%3A%2F%...

jyap• 14 years ago

I thought that wasn't possible?

Gring• 14 years ago

Interestig. There is another blog that is strikingly similar in scope: http://finerthings.in/web/

dclaysmith• 14 years ago

The real value in this site is not "what UI/UX details can I copy" but "how can I (re)think things to add this level of usability to my work". It's a way of thinking that you need to adopt.

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