Everything to no one (‘featuritis’), cook what you know (‘you’re the user’) and passion for your environment (‘code beauty’) are lessons from Gordon Ramsay for software developers, says David Heinemeier (37signals).
Parallels in Cooking and Design
Ryan Freitas (Adaptive Path) presented at UX Week 2007. “For those who manage creative organizations, the professional kitchen can provide inspiration for how to balance important principles like consistency, creative freedom and effective problem solving, all under stressful conditions. Ryan Freitas discusses these and other parallels between the worlds of the cook and the designer.” – His slides are available for download.