November 2010
14 posts
Intropy →
Harvested thoughts on design thinking, interaction design, experience planning, field studies, digital strategy and innovation.
Edge: THALER'S QUESTION - An EDGE Special Event →
The flat earth and geocentric world are examples of wrong scientific beliefs that were held for long periods. Can you name your favorite example and for extra credit why it was believed to be true?
Projects →
…a focus on people and the social context of use in designing, evaluating and reviewing technologies, drawing insights from micro and macro social theory and methods
# designing technologies that…
The False Question Of Attention Economics →
A few posts have emerged recently that recapitulate the well-worn arguments of attention scarcity and information overload in the real-time social web. So, here at start of 2010, a new decade, I will…
Austin Center for Design | Blog →
People living on the street carry things. Here are some of those things:
Platform: Journal of Media and Communication →
Online social networks provide opportunities for users to engage in activities with social and environmental purpose. Global focus on combating climate change has positioned the role of the citizen…
Terry Eagleton: Lunging, Flailing, Mispunching →
Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology…
IDEO's videos on Vimeo →
Here are all IDEO’s videos on Vimeo. You can see both the videos this user has uploaded, as well as any other users’ videos they appear in.
Is It Time to Rethink the T-Shaped Designer? -... →
Social design is one of the new problem areas that designers have started to explore over the past decade, as the scope of design has expanded and the old disciplinary boundaries have blurred. Other…
microformats.dk » Walking the fastest way in my... →
Nu er tiden kommet til at teste rutevejledninger baseret på OpenStreetMaps vejdata mod nogle kommercielle korttjenester. CloudMade Maps har en rutevejledning baseret på OpenStreetMap vejdata. Den…
Ethnography in Industry: Methods overview | UX... →
It’s really hard for companies to understand ethnography, even after they understand what objectives it can be used for.
If Women Had Designed Facebook →
Interesting task, to re-imagine facebook built by…, well, women. Interesting design excercise, actually, to reimagine facebook functionality from different perspectives…
Do Consumers Want Location-Based Social... →
Everything is in place for location-based social networking to be the next big thing. Tech companies are building the platforms, venture capitalists are providing the cash and marketers are eager to…
LookBackMaps - Building a Location-Based Time... →
Humans’ relationship with “place” is a lot richer and more complex than simply “checking in” for mayorships, badges, or free Gap jeans. All the buzz about location-based apps fails to address why we…