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Developers Can't Design

Jen Myers
January 13, 2012

Developers Can't Design

(And Other Completely Untrue Design Myths)

Jen Myers

January 13, 2012
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  1. DEVELOPERS CAN’T DESIGN AND OTHER COMPLETELY UNTRUE DESIGN MYTHS JEN

    MYERS • @ANTIHEROINE • SCOTTISH RUBY CONFERENCE, 30 JUNE 2012
  2. “Design is the method of putting form and content together.

    Design, just as art, has multiple definitions, there is no single definition.... Design is so simple, that’s why it is so complicated.” - PAUL RAND
  3. “It’s not just what it looks like and feels like.

    Design is how it works.” - STEVE JOBS
  4. “Like all forms of design, visual design is about problem

    solving, not about personal or unsupported opinion.” - BOB BAXLEY
  5. “The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather

    than each other.” - THOMAS STALLKAMP