Whether we know it or not, we’re a conduit for the universe.

• what are the rules in the systems that I work in?
  • it takes a profound amount of work to make easy things appear easy
  • all applications have state. some of it gets shared between users. if there’s no state, it’s a brochure.
  • all applications are made up of layers of abstraction.
  • UI is almost always typographic
  • Good Design tells a story. It conveys a message of what the user is meant to do.
  • 2D composition has heavy dimensionality.

Which leads to the question:

• what can’t I build today given the current technology?