Why Software sucks via @berkun Peter Gfader's brain noise

Why Software sucks via @berkun

Awesome article by Scott Berkun

My favourites parts:

Three out of every five times someone speaks of a learning curve, they’re just in denial about a weak design
When someone says “this sucks” they’re really saying “this doesn’t meet my expectations”
The more time you spend defining the specific group(s) of people you are designing for, the easier it will be to make good software
—> Reason for having personas
To worry about code aesthetics more than the aesthetics of the product itself is akin to a song writer worrying about the aesthetics of the sheet music instead of the quality of the sounds people hear when the band actually plays