Promising start on a series of software design articles

Joel Spolsky is just starting what promises to be a good series of articles under the heading "Great Design." Some of the articles are excerpted from his book, User Interface Design for Programmers.

Here's an idea I like from the "What is Design" article:

"Every new feature is a tradeoff, between the people who could really use such a feature and the people who are just going to get overwhelmed by all the options. The reason 1950s-era telephones were so much easier to use than modern office phones is that they just didn't do much. Without voicemail, conference calling, three-way calling, and Java games, all you need is a way to dial numbers and hang up on the man claiming to be selling police benevolence."