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What goals, whose goals?

06Feb08

I’ve been thinking today about goals. Not life goals, but design goals. If you’re building a piece of software or a home or a device, what are your goals?
I saw a presentation today about some information visualization tools, and there were two goals talked about for a visualization:
USABILITY
and
UNDERSTANDABILITY
But I started to think: what kind of [...]

Awesome Things To Do In Life #4: Comment card like you mean it

20May07

This photo depicts several examples of awesome, but the one I want to highlight in the fourth installment of my series on Awesome Things To Do In Life is the bag on Katie’s shoulders. Check this out:
This is a reusable bag that the UCSD bookstore now offers for a few dollars. [...]

Le Grand Content

16Jan07

Video: Le Grand Content
Source: Clemens Kogler

I am a nerd.

09Jan07

This is a surreal moment in the world of digital devices.
Until today, cellular phones as a whole have been among the worst designed pieces of equipment ever made. The culture amongst phone companies was one that rewarded impressive-sounding features and sexy enclosures, not ease of use and life-altering applications. Phones are a pain [...]


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