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Roadmap 2014 is a wrap. Katie (my co-chair) and I are grateful for all the generous support from our speakers, our backstage team, our editorial colleagues and most importantly all our attendees. Over next few days, I am going to unplug a little and take a step back and process many learnings from the event. It has left me refreshed, and a little clear about what comes next. Here is an easy way to catchup. These are some of my favorite quotes from the Roadmap 2014: 

  • “Measuring reading time is a far better metric than hits” Evan Williams, Medium @ev [link]
  • “We call it the conscious home. Smart is overused. It’s not smarter than you.” Tony Fadell, Nest Labs @tfadell [link]
  • “If you ignore expectations, you can see the world in a fresh way” K. K. Barrett, production designer on Her. [link]
  • “Good design is about the things that most users never notice” Craig Mod. @craigmod [link]
  • “Technology enables but design establishes.” Bob Brunner, Ammunition @rdbrunner
  • “Context is everything. Without it, it’s just data.” Simon Rodgers, Twitter. @smfrogers [link]
  • “With virtual worlds – we don’t get it yet. Just like we didn’t understand the impact of the internet in 1994.” Philip Rosedale, High Fidelity @philiprosedale [link]
  • “Vision needs solitude. Creativity needs solitude” Elle Luna, @elleluna [link]
  • “Recover fast, don’t fail fast” John Maeda @johnmaeda [link]
  • “A designer needs to function like an editor. Look at the full experience and take things out that aren’t necessary” Yves Behar, Fuse Project @yvesbehar [link]
  • “Understand your mission and value before you design your logo.” Jessica Hische @jessicahische [link]
  • “What we do as tech designers is almost closer to architecture than design.” Gadi Amit, New Deal Design @newdealdesign
  • “It is much harder to fix a culture that to create a culture.” Jeff Veen, Adobe/Typekit. @veen. [link]

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