On Mar 20, 2009, at 2:15 PM, Andrei Herasimchuk wrote:
Google just lost an amazing talent for no good reason:
No good reason?
"When a company is filled with engineers, it turns to engineering to
solve problems. Reduce each decision to a simple logic problem. Remove
all subjectivity and just look at the data. Data in your favor? Ok,
launch it. Data shows negative effects? Back to the drawing board. And
that data eventually becomes a crutch for every decision, paralyzing
the company and preventing it from making any daring design decisions.
Yes, it’s true that a team at Google couldn’t decide between two
blues, so they’re testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one
performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be
3, 4 or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case."
Seems like reason enough for me.
Dan
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