#humans #product #innovation #design
Created at 2023-01-21
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# Related
- [[Readwise/Articles/en.wikipedia.org - Skeuomorph - Wikipedia]]
- [[Business/Entrepreneurship/Product design]]
- [[Philosophy/Humans/Layer one knowledge humans]]
- [[Analogy]]
- [[Computing/Intelligence/Singularity - Software 3.0 - Self assembly - Recursive programming]]
# TODO
> [!TODO] TODO
# Skeuomorph
> Second is, don’t try to change user behavior dramatically. If you are expecting people to dramatically change the way they do things, it’s not going to happen. Try to make it such that it’s a small change, yet an important one. For example, the reason that Hotmail succeeded was because people were accustomed to going to different websites. All they had to do was put in their name and password and a little bit of information and they got an email account. So in that regard, it was the ease of use of getting online and having an identity.
> ~ [[Jessica Livingston - Founders at Work|Founders at Work]] - Bhatia Hotmail founder
Skeuomorph design in technological innovation is like a layer cake. Each layer builds upon the previous one, incorporating aspects of the previous design to create a new, improved model. The original layer, or base layer, is the most basic and fundamental design for a product. As modifications, improvements, and additions are made, each layer adds a little something extra to the design. This layering process is repeated until a fully developed, robust product is realized. By adding layers of design, the product becomes more detailed and complex, allowing it to better serve its users.
Concrete example of Skeuomorph design is:
- put buttons/interface at same place than competitors or other softwares
- build similar experience than other products so ppl already have a model of the workflow in their head
- example: LLM apis use OpenAI API structure because it make it easy to use / switch from openai