A design decision without a defensible (and therefore articulable) rationale is not a design decision. It's hocus-pocus.
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If anyone calls anything I do "design" I will blog evil things at them.
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(e.g.: it's this way because if it isn't this way, it falls down.)
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my buddy thinks all design either symbolizes or is badass. He has whole Christopher-Alexanderish theory about it.
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here's a little video of a talk he did at refactor camp m.youtube.com/watch?v=aq9x3K ...he did tempo cover, my ebooks, site design
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will check when I get back
(ps when I say "design" I mean it like Fred Brooks or Herbert Simon mean it)
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