"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler"
Einstein
It's real easy to add stuff to a design, the work is in taking away stuff. But it's In taking away the unnecessary that reveals the underlying simplicity. The user "gets it" more readily. It looks easy, the user feels more comfortable.
That was the mission for the last day or so: consistent font sizes and colors, removal of emojis (which only serve to junk up the screen... it's just visual noise), hiding some activities that are no longer serving a need.
I'm breathing more easily now, and I think the product is too.
Although I have been working for about 8 years with this concept of a checklist for the purpose of success in life and business, I am reminded that almost everything can benefit from "Beginner's Mind". This is the Zen principle of Shoshin. Steve Jobs was a practitioner of this principle and his works reveal such thinking.
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