January 2010
28 posts
Men don’t like appliances. We want things that can do lots of different things,...
– Ultimi Barbarorum on the iPad
Sniff
Any Service organization has got to get over the idea that a great service is...
– Tim Brown, of IDEO
Real innovation in technology involves a leap ahead, anticipating needs that no...
– Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism - NYTimes.com
Great products, according to Mr. Jobs, are triumphs of “taste.” And taste, he...
– Steve Jobs and the Economics of Elitism - NYTimes.com
It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man...
– Theodore Roosevelt
Fireside chat with Spotify CEO and Founder Daniel Ek « en-music
Humans As API - PSFK
Riddles for linchpins on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Live Now - Meaningful Moments →
Ethical Design: Are Most Social Games Just Virtual... →
Haque, Director of Haque Design + Research and co-founder of Pachube, talks about his theories of connectedness.
Audio Podcast: Unlearn Your MBA by
David Heinemeier Hansson of 37 signals
This was one of those freaky moments when the future sneaks up and smacks...
– Chris Anderson put it recently
We have a lot of debates about that [when a computer is expected to pass the...
– Sergey Brin, Wired interview, August 2009
Before the Internet, most professional occupations required a large body of...
– David Dalrymple of MIT
Asch paradigm
Experiments run by Solomon Asch in the 1950s. According to Wikipedia:
In the basic Asch paradigm, the participants — the real subject and the confederates — were all seated in a classroom. They were asked a variety of questions about the lines (which line was longer than the other, which lines were the same length, etc.) The group was told to announce their answers to each question out loud and...
Stop Deciding, Start Designing by IDEO →
Designing For Social Traction
Things startups do and don't need
cdixon:
Things startups do need
Sunny office
Windows that open
Democratically controlled music system
Two forms of internet access
Beer on fridays
EVDO cards
Video game system
Good coffee maker
Proximity to public transportation
Proximity to park
Heating that goes all night
Health care plans for everyone
Mac laptops with second monitors
Plants
Lots of in-person interaction
Gmail...