king talk

I discovered the blog entry at UI Trends were they said to love Santa about as much as they love design and came up with a Top 10 list, why Santa is a great designer. I remixed a little bit:

10. Santa doesn’t always give you what you ask for but he always gives you what you need.

9. Santa’s work transcends language and geography.

8. Santa and his team have strong domain knowledge.

7. Santa has a 100% success rate delivering on time.

6. Santa has a profound sense of perspective.

5. Santa works well under pressure and seemingly impossible deadlines.

4. Santa meets individual users’ needs in a highly fragmented market.

3. Santa has no problem pulling an all nighter.

2. Santa is extremely good at managing very very large lists.

1. Santa has cross-cultural leadership skills, in directing different races (elves) to achieve his design vision (for toys) and different species (flying reindeer) in getting his product to market at the most receptive possible entry point for user consumption (Christmas Day).