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11th April 2007

Airbag: LLC

“About a month ago I received some email with questions about how Airbag got started as a for-profit company. Here are the questions and answers for the benefit of others. ‘What factored you into quitting your day job and going solo? I’m assuming you built up enough of a name through your blog.’”

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11th April 2007

Why the overwhelming numbers of design flops?

“The odd thing is that no one sets out to design something that’s mediocre. So why does design go wrong so often? Let’s set aside the rational reasons why projects can fail — like budgetary constraints, deadline pressure and lack of talent — to concentrate on the scenarios that should be easily avoidable, but crop up again and again, with predictably dire results.”

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