You smiled, right? That’s the point.
28th February 2006
Kathy Sierra and 37 Signals aren’t the only ones who understand the value of enjoying your software — and that enjoyment may be more important than what the software does.
Though some people wouldn’t believe it, there are people at Microsoft who understand that, too.
Like Chris Pratley and the OneNote team.
At first glance, spending only 1% of the development budget on adding “soul” to the product seems small. But the people who support the philosophy to implement those 1% features are also working on the other 99% of the product, and that philosophy shows.
OneNote is a fantastic tool. Sometimes I use it just because it feels good to work in. Really. I’m amazed at the some of the ideas I develop after noodling around with them inside OneNote for a few minutes.