It’s all bullshit and hot air created to sell consulting projects and to give insecure managers a false sense of security. At Apple, we don’t waste our time asking users, we build our brand through creating great products we believe people will love. User-Led Innovation Can’t Create Breakthroughs; Just Ask Apple and Ikea | Co.Design

Writing is the culmination of a process of conceiving, researching, analyzing, ordering, and structuring. Writing is design. Why I Write — Imprint-The Online Community for Graphic Designers

When you do something, make sure it’s important, and do only that. Kindle Post US: The Beauty and Effectiveness of Clearing Distractions

…the great irony is that even for all of WordPress’ open sourcey, socialist, hippy goodness, it is the competition driven by the capitalist free market that drives much of WordPress’ innovation today. How did WordPress win?

What’s nice about making things is that the more you do the less you need to complain and the more you are curious what other people have to complain about your work. The more you listen, the better your work gets and the less time you have to complain. in:focus—A series of brief questions with…

So, even though they can get it cheaper elsewhere, people are still paying the fixed fee for the App Store version. Developer: I Wish There Was A Windows App Store Too | Cult of Mac