1. Design doesn’t scale well because it’s about people. Computers scale well; people don’t.

2. Designers tend to be divergent people. So put a lot of them together, and expect delicious entropy.

3. The best designers strive to be “interested” vs “interesting” people, as John W. Gardner put it.

~ Three Things That I’m Thinking About Design In Tech by John Maeda

(Thank you John!! Such a pioneer and thoughtful designer! Good luck at SXSW!)

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Baha! Story of my life.

Nui koʻu mahalo i koʻu nohoʻana ma waena o kēia mau lāʻau maikaʻi.

This is sheer happiness to me. 🙂

Enjoy Michael! Looking forward to the children’s visual interpretation of my interpretation of Emily Carr’s work. 🙂 #MakeMoreArt

When I was given the book that contains this quote above, my first reaction was to take the small brick of pages and smack the person over the head who gave it to me. This was because I judged the contents of the book by its cover (And it is a ridiculous cover. You have to trust me on this. The book’s saucy jacket was designed to sell copies and fails to honestly reflect the contents). It certainly evoked my inner prude! Ha! But then I began flipping through the pages and realized that it was about quantum mechanics and the energy we create, share, and absorb. And I love quantum mechanics. So, I want to apologize for disrupting a very civil breakfast with my quick-to-judge reaction and whack over the noodle. I’ve learned. Again. 🙂 #NevahEvahJudgeABookByItsCovah