Painters and Hackers - Paul Graham
Summary
- Collection of essays on computers, art, and starting a business
How I discovered it
- I discovered Paul Grahams essays on his website: very thought provoking and that naturally led me to his book
Details
- hackers are makers like painters, composers or architects
- Learn from examples. For a painter, a museum is a reference library
- When working on something, spend time on details that may be unseen in the final work
- Make an effort to think unusual thoughts
- Discussion about ideas leads to more ideas
- There are only two things you have to know about business - build something users love and make more than you spend - Paul Graham
- Good design is simple
- Good design is suggestive
- Good design requires hard work, but looks easy
- Good design may seem strange
- Good design focuses on the needs of the user
- If you look down on the users you design for, your design is unlikely to be good design