Simplexity

If you see something that looks complex, its a sign that you are looking at unfinished product and there is more to come - "Abhishek Parolkar"

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1. Abhishek Parolkar (abhishek@parolkar.com) Simplexity (in context of software product design & development) Simplicity + Complexity =
4. Human psychology when they are buying the product is very different from when they are using it Interesting fact:
7. Funny things come out when you ask programmer to do the UI?
9. Lesson learnt : Developers tend to make computer's life easier because computers make them happier then the end-user :-).
13. USB GSM CDMA GPRS HSDPA Complicated Terms
14. "The hardest single part of building a software system is deciding precisely what to build." -Fred Brooks
15. “Simplicity and elegance are unpopular because they require hard work and discipline to achieve and education to be appreciated” -Dijkstra
16. Start at complexity You have no other go but to... There is no shortcut to simplicity
17. Building an audience, evangelism, clean and spare design, emotional appeal, aesthetics, fast response time, direct and instant user feedback, program models which correspond to the user model resulting in high usability, and putting the user in control All these are complex features of some kind.
18. Do you remember this? Don't be afraid to put the complexity out! There are takers for it.
19. We live in world where iterating on product is easy Keep iterating the product while selling the complexity to users
20. Complexity is essential step towards simplicity. If you see something that looks complex , its a sign that you are looking at unfinished product and there is more to come.