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Tog's paradox

votito.com/methods/togs-paradox/
Tog’s Paradox (also known as The Complexity Paradox or Tog’s ComplexityParadox) is an observation that products aiming to simplify a task for users tend toinspire new, more complex tasks. It’s one of the key reasons for thesymptom of requirements changing after delivery in enterprise softwareproducts, and for feature creep in consumer products. Tog’s Paradox alsoexplains why it’s futile to try to completely nail down requirements for asoftware product, as the product itself will have...

Screen Time App Blocker for iOS

burnoutbuddy.io/
Burnout Buddy is an app blocker for iOS that helps you break free from addictive apps like social media and heal their impact on your mental health.

A studio for your mind

capacities.io/
A powerful note-taking tool. All your ideas – typed and connected.

Design Portfolio Advice · Hardik Pandya

hvpandya.com/portfolio-advice
Who you are and what you have done One tip that was recommended to me by my mentor about a decade ago: Make yourself a punch-line. A punch-line that describes what you’re uniquely good at and what sets you apart from the rest. Lead your portfolio with this. Coming up with a punch-line for yourself is no trivial work though. It requires you to think harder to go beyond the “user-centric designer” and “working at the intersection of tech and craft” drudgery. You need to be very speci...

Patreon Previews - Reactiive

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Here you'll find all the previews of the content available to my Patreon supporters.