Kathy Sierra
Kathy Sierra
Kathy Sierrais an American programming instructor and game developer...
people want
Just make people better at something they want to be better at.
writing reality alternate-realities
The best user experiences are enchanting. They help the user enter an alternate reality, whether it's the world of making music, writing, sharing photos, coding, or managing a project.
creating secret building
The secret to building great products is not creating awesome features, it's to make your users awesome.
doe awesome-things littles
It does not matter how awesome your product is or your presentation or your post. Your awesome thing matters ONLY to the extent that it serves the user's ability to be a little more awesome.
effectiveness trying cases
In many cases, the more you try to compete, the less competitive you actually are.
stuff cameras photographer
Upgrade your user, not your product. Value is less about the stuff and more about the stuff the stuff enables. Don't build better cameras - build better photographers.
giving want competitors
Give users what they actually want, not what they say they want. And whatever you do, don't give them new features just because your competitors have them!
almost asia decade past rate remains south twice
If the rate of electrification of the past decade remains unchanged, it will take more than 40 years to electrify South Asia and almost twice as long for sub-Saharan Africa. This is unacceptable.
sex mean caring
We are all human, and caring about the way something looks and feels does not mean we're superficial--it means we're human. We don't need to exploit sex to recognize that a certain amount of sexiness is both pleasurable and natural.
hate amplifiers
Twitter, for all its good, is a hate amplifier.
built everybody few liked people platform sang tourists
It was actually a little platform they had built for tourists or people who come to see the place, ... We sang to some people there people from everywhere. Everybody liked it. A few people cried. It was real emotional.
love people touches wherever
Wherever we go, we're well-received. People love our music, and it really touches them,
giving want users
Give users what they actually want, not what they say they want.