Category Archives: Do Less, Not More

Foreigners review Jiro’s restaurant

Do Less, Not More

I find it interesting to read what other people thought of Jiro’s sushi, since we only hear from a few people in the movie. Here are the reviews of Jiro’s restaurant on trip advisor:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1066444-d1068920-Reviews-Sukiyabashi_Jiro-Chuo_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html

And here are the reviews of his son’s place in Roppongi. Note that some people are confused and post reviews of the father’s place under here as well:

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurant_Review-g1066451-d1177368-Reviews-Sukiyabashi_Jiro-Minato_Tokyo_Tokyo_Prefecture_Kanto.html

Does anyone in the class read Japanese and can potentially shed light on what other Japanese reviewers say about Jiro’s restaurant beside the fawning food critic who appears in the movie?

Jakob Nielsen

Do Less, Not More

Although usability is  is a fairly new and narrow field I think the achievements of Jakob Nielsen can be characterized as extraordinary. He has been proclaimed the king of usability and is the number one person to be cited when UIs on all platforms are to be criticized. It recently struck me that he possesses some of the traits we have been discussing in class so far, and I think that his uncompromising attitude about simple and light weight web design can be compared to that of Jiro’s. His work and advice are all focused on doing less, not more.

Read more about Jakob Nielsen here, and have a look at one of his ruthless reviews when he criticizes iOS 7 here.