History of the Remote Control Fascinating evolution from just a few buttons 60 years ago to nearly a hundred as told by Slate. I sure hope we as an industry are quickly headed back down to a lot less plus maybe a Siri-like microphone.
Tag: design
Why Design Matters – P&G
I recently was invited to speak at P&G headquarters in Ohio on “Why Design Matters”. It was a leadership summit of their Global Business Services division which supports all the brands and employees worldwide. For me it was a great chance to reflect on what aspects I see as critical to design and what can…
Interesting Product: Dropbox
I’ve decided to try periodically sharing interesting products I come across here. First up, Dropbox… What is it: Dropbox is a service that syncs your files online and across your computers. It keeps copies of files synced across my Mac and PC as well as making them available in the cloud which I can access…
Should we take off our black turtlenecks and give up “ownership” ofinteraction design in order to take it mainstream?
Shailesh Shilwant and I submitted a discussion topic to the Interaction 2010 conference yesterday on a something that’s near and dear to our hearts: Product Discovery as a transparent and facilitated process. I encourage you to comment on our proposal and offer your suggestions. ABSTRACT: As we evolve interaction design as a field, one approach…
What’s on my iPhone
As a product design guy, I try out a lot of iPhone apps however the list of apps I actually use everyday is quite small. To keep things interesting I’ll skip built-in apps like Mail, Phone, and Calendar to focus on 3rd Party apps (especially appropriate as most expect Apple to hit the 1 billion…
What’s on my iPhone
Preston Smalley discusses his most used iPhone apps: Facebook, NY Times, Mint, eBay and Google as well as the ones he wishes existed or were better: LinkedIn, Tom Tom, Skype, PowerPoint, and Fitbit.
Thoughts on Product Planning and Innovation
I’ve discussed with a few people recently different models for product planning and strategy which reminded me of a paper I put together last fall in my design innovation class. I’ll post the PDF here now and hope to make it a more formal blog post soon. PDF: Leading Innovation Strategy and Process in Firms…
THE book on form design
Congratulations to Luke Wroblewski on the release of his new book! Luke has become the foremost expert on form design in the design industry and has now put together all his thoughts in an easy to use book. He provides the good, the bad, and the ugly of form design with many modern examples. Finally,…
New Interactions Magazine
On my flight to the Interaction Design Association’s first conference in Savannah, GA I found it fitting to flip thru the revised Interactions Magazine. Richard Anderson and Jon Kolko, the new editors of the magazine, did a bang up job bringing in an assortment of new contributors which I found quite refreshing. Notably I really…
Email as an Input Method
I’ve noticed a number of services are popping up that use email as an input method in very creative ways. Here are a few examples: Tripit (Travel site aimed at organizing your itineraries) Users can forward any confirmation email (e.g. from an airline, hotel, rental car company, or travel site) to a unique email address…