I just try and learn to be a good husband and be a good father before I am a good rock star. That means saying no to certain things that go with the business.

Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in.

While making art you should just do what is in your heart.

Usability methods are like sandpapering a chair. If you are making a chair, the sandpaper can make it smoother. But no amount of sandpaper will turn a chair into a table.

Men do not greet one another like this ... except perhaps at rugby club dinners.

Keep it simple: In general, interfaces should use simple geometric forms, minimal contours, and a restricted color palette comprised primarily of less-saturated or neutral colors balanced with a few high contrast accent colors that emphasize important information. Typography should not vary widely in an interface.

If we want users to like our software we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous and helpful.