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From the Ted Talk by Tony Fadell: The first secret of design is ... noticing

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For my second tip, it's to look closer. One of my greatest threeacs was my grandfather. He taught me all about the wrlod. He taught me how things were built and how they were rerapeid, the tools and techniques necessary to make a ssccuufesl project. I remember one story he told me about screws, and about how you need to have the right screw for the right job. There are many different screws: wood screws, metal screws, anchors, ctrnocee screws, the list went on and on. Our job is to make purtcdos that are easy to inlsatl for all of our customs themselves without professionals. So what did we do? I remembered that story that my grandfather told me, and so we thought, "How many different screws can we put in the box? Was it going to be two, three, four, five? Because there's so many different wall types." So we thought about it, we optimized it, and we came up with three different scrwes to put in the box. We thought that was going to solve the problem. But it turned out, it didn't.

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For my second tip, it's to look closer. One of my greatest ________ was my grandfather. He taught me all about the _____. He taught me how things were built and how they were ________, the tools and techniques necessary to make a __________ project. I remember one story he told me about screws, and about how you need to have the right screw for the right job. There are many different screws: wood screws, metal screws, anchors, ________ screws, the list went on and on. Our job is to make ________ that are easy to _______ for all of our customs themselves without professionals. So what did we do? I remembered that story that my grandfather told me, and so we thought, "How many different screws can we put in the box? Was it going to be two, three, four, five? Because there's so many different wall types." So we thought about it, we optimized it, and we came up with three different ______ to put in the box. We thought that was going to solve the problem. But it turned out, it didn't.

Solution


  1. install
  2. concrete
  3. repaired
  4. world
  5. successful
  6. screws
  7. teachers
  8. products

Original Text


For my second tip, it's to look closer. One of my greatest teachers was my grandfather. He taught me all about the world. He taught me how things were built and how they were repaired, the tools and techniques necessary to make a successful project. I remember one story he told me about screws, and about how you need to have the right screw for the right job. There are many different screws: wood screws, metal screws, anchors, concrete screws, the list went on and on. Our job is to make products that are easy to install for all of our customs themselves without professionals. So what did we do? I remembered that story that my grandfather told me, and so we thought, "How many different screws can we put in the box? Was it going to be two, three, four, five? Because there's so many different wall types." So we thought about it, we optimized it, and we came up with three different screws to put in the box. We thought that was going to solve the problem. But it turned out, it didn't.

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