Pirijan Keth

Two different kinds of farms can grow vegetables. One is a factory farm built for scale, and the other takes the time to grow more expensive but healthier plants without pesticides.

Will everyone appreciate the difference? Of course not, but the latter plants are labelled ‘organic’ to give us the information and the choice, so that those of us who do care can make better decisions.

So maybe we should have ‘organic’ software as well, made by companies that:

• Are not funded in such a way where the primary obligation of the company is to 🎡 chase funding rounds or get acquired (so bootstrapping, crowdfunding, grants, and angel investment are okay)
• Have a clear pricing page
• Disclose their sources of funding and sources of revenue

In 2014, I wrote about my belief that design and engineering are best when tightly woven together. That’s truer now than ever.

If I’m feeling confident, I’ll jump right into my text editor…From here, more functionality is added and the code is tweaked until the feature looks and feels right to me. Whether it’s something simple like this, or prototyping a new interaction like multi-connect, there’s no substitute for designing with real code.

In rare cases when I have ideas or plans that I’m less confident about, it’s time to break out the paper, pens, and markers,

Because the Kinopio interface elements and aesthetic are full-grown, I almost never use traditional design software anymore.