Why YKK zippers are the brown M&Ms of product design An Article by Josh Centers theprepared.com A ‘pro tip’ for evaluating the quality of a piece of gear is to look at the small details, such as zippers and stitching. Cheap-minded manufacturers will skimp on those details because most people just don’t notice, and even a cheap component will often last past a basic warranty period, so it’s an easy way to increase profits without losing sales or returns. If a designer does bother to invest in quality components, that’s a tried-and-true sign that the overall product is better than the competition. All the way throughThe Cycle of Goodness designdetailsquality
In Conversation With... A Dialogue by Trent Reznor www.youtube.com An interesting piece of audio music
An interesting piece of audio So the intention here was to have a conversation. We were going to choose an interesting person to ask interesting questions, and I would respond with interesting answers, and we would have an interesting piece of audio to listen to. And the more I thought about it the less interesting that concept became. interest