I'm using this convo to collect the best conversations about design...

Are designers really better judges of design quality than users?

What is the ideal relationship between design and engineering in a startup?

Best Convos about FAIL

Why the Web Succeeded: Simplicity.

"The advertisers are the users and you are the product."

"Creativity is just connecting things."

"If you want to build a ship, teach people to long for the endless immensity of the sea."

"Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent."

"It's simple until you make it complicated."

Be useful.

Be great.

Please feel free to suggest other places on the Web, Twitter, and Blogs that have great discussions about design.

Personally, I enjoy Attack of Design and The99percent.com, especially tips and videos.

See also on Quora: What are the most influential design blogs?

And: How to find a Web designer (Folyo) and Does design really matter for startups?

Presentation Zen

Eric, great recommendation.

I love this line from Steve Jobs:

"You've got to start with the customer experience and work backwards to the technology. You can't start with the technology and try to figure out where you're going to try and sell it.....we have tried to come up with a strategy and a vision for Apple, it started with “What incredible benefits can we give to the customer? Where can we take the customer?” Not starting with “Let’s sit down with the engineers and figure out what awesome technology we have and then how are we going to market that?” And I think that’s the right path to take."  

Good piece on UX Design from a psychological perspective.