Years ago I enjoyed reading the book, Execution: The Discipline of Getting Things Done. I got a lot of out of it but it had a small signal-to-noise ratio. I’ll save you a few bucks and a lot of time by sharing the 2 key lessons I got from the book:

Transmit 4. It’s easy to use, but there’s a whole lot under the surface. And while we try to design apps for the majority, sometimes we throw in some power user features for the pros. As the Finnish always say, “always add a few extra blood dumplings when cooking mykyrokka for a tonttu-ukko!”

A series looking at different aspects of guardian.co.uk’s rebuild and redesign project, which ran from October 2005 to September 2008

Why Free Software has poor usability, and how to improve it