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Peter Denholm

@parrotnine

UX designer. Neurofluorescent. Release candidate for mankind. On a journey to make PARROT9 the world's greatest software design team.

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The wisdom isn't in having answers, but in developing a taste for better questions.

26.02.2026 19:21 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Joy is an act of resistance.

24.02.2026 05:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe only thing worse than being blind is having sight but no vision.”

β€” Helen Keller

13.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œA wealth of information leads to a poverty of attention.”

β€”Β Marty Neumeier

16.02.2026 19:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Bulk of Otago now covered in mining related permits 

Shows map of OTago

Bulk of Otago now covered in mining related permits Shows map of OTago

Hearing a foreign-owned gold mining company CEO is calling Otago "the new West Africa of mining"

To help stop mine start by adding your voice to the thousands of people who have already at eepurl.com/jsaheU and you can also find out other ways to help here: sustainabletarras.com/nomine/ #nzpol

12.02.2026 22:00 πŸ‘ 26 πŸ” 17 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Apple: We're a privacy focused company.

Also Apple:

12.02.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.”

β€”Β Henry Ford

Or as Steve Jobs said:

β€œIt’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.”

09.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œWe cannot solve problems with the kind of thinking we employed when we came up with them.”

β€”Β Albert Einstein

11.02.2026 21:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

You need to have irrational faith in what you’re doing, otherwise you’ll never make it.

11.02.2026 21:02 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œUpgrade your user, not your product.

Don’t build better cameras, build better photographers.”

β€” Kathy Sierra

06.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œCertainty is a closing of the mind.

To create something new, you must have doubt.”

β€” Milton Glaser

04.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf we understand what the extremes are, the middle will take care of itself.”

β€”Β Dan Formosa

02.02.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œElimination is the highest form of optimisation.”

β€”Β James Clear

30.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe more you talk, the less people listen.”

β€”Β Meg White

28.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Without disappointment you can't appreciate victory.

07.02.2026 04:07 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œOne does not accumulate, but eliminate.

It is not daily increase, but daily decrease. The height of cultivation always runs to simplicity.”

β€” Bruce Lee

14.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThe role of the designer is that of a very good, thoughtful host, anticipating the needs of their guests.”

β€”Β Charles Eames

26.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œSimplicity is the ultimate sophistication.”

β€”Β Leonardo da Vinci

23.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œYou can be the master of your fate, you can be the captain of your soul, but you have to realize that life is coming from you and not at you.”

- Timothy Chalamet

28.01.2026 02:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œGreat customer experience is about maximising task completion and minimising time-on-task.”

β€” Gerry McGovern

Or as we like to say: β€œreduce time and effort”.

21.01.2026 16:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by rushed deadlines.

23.01.2026 06:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s the critics who’re the true optimists.

23.01.2026 03:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person: respectful, generous, and helpful.”

β€” Alan Cooper

19.01.2026 17:03 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Society is laundering systemic failure into individual pathology.

19.01.2026 03:53 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Everything is about sex.

Except sex.

Sex is about power.

18.01.2026 00:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Patience isn't a virtue when betting on talent, it's the business model.

16.01.2026 21:05 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We’re going to become the best software design team in the world.

There will be no second best.

16.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œIf you think good design is expensive, you should look at the cost of bad design.”

β€” Dr. Ralf Speth

16.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"The object of your love is mortal; it is not one of your possessions; it has been given to you for the present, not inseparably nor forever."

- Epictetus

15.01.2026 20:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œThoroughness and precision are expressions of respect for the user.”

β€” Dieter Rams

12.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0