We had a period of two years when I did not see my relatives and friends. I even forgot how they look like. Indeed I was dropped out of society, but it is one of the sacrifices you make if you want to achieve something, especially here in Silicon Valley where the competition is high. But then company started to grow, our schedule harmonized. Now we did not work 70–80 hours per week anymore.WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum: “Most of startup ideas are absolutely stupid”
Over the past decade, the amount of attention given to readability studies by typeface designers has yielded either bland and conservative results, or overwrought “solutions.” This is more pronounced in screen typefaces than those made for print media, where common pitfalls include overly simplified shapes, “friendly” letters, and facile tricks like unnecessarily upright italics.Spectral: A New Screen-First Typeface
Get engineers involved at the beginning. Something I continue to strive to be better at is getting engineers involved earlier in the design process. At times, decisions were being made quickly and I’m sure I could’ve saved some time by vetting early designs by someone with a bit more technical knowledge to tell me if my idea is just too crazy and potentially outside the scope of the project. How we designed Foursquare Swarm 5.0
Integrating a third-party product is necessary when the main added functionality solves a key market problem, is not part of your organisation’s distinctive competence, and reduces the development cycle time and costs significantly.Third-Party Software Integration: Best Practice, Perils and Pitfalls
