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Simplicity is about living life with more enjoyment and less pain.
John Maeda

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John Maeda - The pattern of simplicity from Urbane on Vimeo.
My favorite video bookmark:
13:42 - want more: enjoy, consume. want less: work, transform.
More about “The Laws of Simplicity” by John Maeda.

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The above average effect, also called the Lake Wobegon effect, in service management:

Beyond the more subjective impression of service owner and customer described by the “above average effect” we can find more objective and measurable reasons for this evaluation. What are the potential criteria for the different ratings?
Criteria of service owner:
- SLA’s met
- low operational […]

Today I decided to put a limitation on my XING network. Too much is too much. My idea is a 1,000,000 limit on my 3rd degree contacts. Getting more will start an optimization task and a selected reduction of direct contacts. - My first task: Working on the selection criteria. ;-)

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Barry Schwartz takes aim at a central tenet of western societies: freedom of choice. In Schwartz’s estimation, choice has made us not freer but more paralyzed, not happier but more dissatisfied.

My view: Reducing choice gives us a feeling of simplicity. I hope we will find this beauty of simplicity in more and more products and […]

An audience focused presentation seems to be an easy task, but it is hard work. Look at Nancy Duartes (author of slide:ology) seven questions from her Audience Needs Map and find out “What keeps your audience up at night?”.
Spend an extra hour in this critical part of your preparation. It pays off.

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