Wednesday 20 August 2008

The best stuff in life works well without havng to show off

I was in a meeting with someone who was talking about how they had written this piece of software and it was really easy to use and provided a lot of value to the user. She was reflecting how really it was massively complicated and did all kinds of clever stuff that they would never get credit for because it seemed so simple. She was happy about it because it did what it was supposed to.

I thought that's great really. Most of my favourite gadgets and applications tend to be straight forward and I guess that it is something to aim for in anything I make or do.

Even in facilitation..... if I'm being a good faciliator it is because things are flowing and that means me not saying or doing anything beyond what is absolutely necessary to enable that flow.

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