Occams Razor
Nov 28, 2020•47 min•Ep. 20
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Episode description
What is Occam's razor? In this episode we discuss simple solutions often being the best.
Other things we talk about:
- Dieter Rams
- KISS
- Programmers predicting & abstracting
- Andy is "thinly spread"
- Leaky toilets with a drop valve system
- Simplicity of the iPhone, compared to older phones
- Camera shutters on old phones
- Henry hoover
- "With greater functionality comes greater complexity", quote by Spiderman
Links mentioned:
The Unusable podcast is presented by Andrew Waite & David Ball, who discuss the importance of user experience (UX) in technology & the world around us, & talk about great design that just works - or moan about it when it doesn't. Here's the link to the episode: https://podcast.theunusable.com/podcasts/020-occams-razor.mp3 Music is by [Gold5472](https://gold5472.newgrounds.com/)For the best experience, listen in Metacast app for iOS or Android