Jared Spool – Anatomy of a Design Decision on Vimeo
The best designs come from not one, but hundreds of well-made decisions. The worst designs arise out of hundreds of poorly-made decisions. All that stands between you and a great design is the quality of your decisions. Where do they come from?For the last five years, we’ve been studying how designers make their decisions. When do they use outside information, such as research about their users? When do they go with their gut instinct? When do the designers look to past decisions and the lessons they’ve learned?

Godless in Tumourville: Christopher Hitchens interview – Telegraph
His cancer, as he puts it starkly, is stage four. 'And the thing to note about stage four is that there is no stage five.’