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“experimenting until you are finally successful.”
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
“When you design you imagine, refine, and communicate something that currently doesn’t exist. The creation process is often unpredictable, messy, confusing, and ambiguous up until the last moment. To become a UX Designer you must learn to embrace the beauty of ambiguity. To come up with something new the process of creation has to be unclear, at least for a little while. You must learn to trust that your process, methods, experience, and judgement will eventually help you find your way out of the woods.”
― The UX Learner's Guidebook: A Ramp & Reference for Aspiring UX Designers
― The UX Learner's Guidebook: A Ramp & Reference for Aspiring UX Designers
“Imagine there was a table covered with fleas,” he explains. “The fleas would jump and jump to heights unknown. Then a man came along and upturned a glass jar over the fleas. The fleas jumped and hit the top of the jar and could go no farther. Then the man removed the jar and yet the fleas did not jump higher than they had grown accustomed, because they believed there to still be a glass ceiling.”
― Red Rising
― Red Rising
“You can’t learn to play soccer by reading the rulebook, you can’t learn to play the piano by studying sheets of music, and you can’t learn to cook by reading recipes.”
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
― What I Wish I Knew When I Was 20
“When experimentation is seen as necessary and productive, not as a frustrating waste of time, people will enjoy their work—”
― Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
― Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
David’s 2025 Year in Books
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