October 2010
14 posts
“There are no easy answers for content publishers right now, which is why in some...”
– Khoi Vinh on My iPad Magazine Stand pointed to by @henningfischer
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“Designers become machine nerds. Machines define what you can do. That and...”
– Zero History by William Gibson
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Positional good: 'How much do I need?’ vs. 'I want...
I love behavioral economics because the field defines helpful concepts for understanding humans behaving as humans; oh, and they often back it with real empirical research, not just opinion. The better we understand how we behave the better we can design for good outcomes.
An example of such a concept from the Rotman Magazine’s Q&A interview with Dan Ariely, the behavioral economist:
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The two smart pieces of Amazon's approach to...
@Peterme pointed out this great Q&A thread on Quora on “What is Amazon’s approach to product development and product management?”
There’s two great ideas here that I push all the time with clients, internally at Adaptive Path, and when I teach and speak:
Working backwards — working backwards from the customer rather than starting with a product then trying to make it...
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William Gibson narrative on the commoditization of...
I’ve been thinking a bit on the commoditization of common (user-centered) design practices. Overall, it’s a good thing that organizations more often think about their services with the customer in the forefront. Practice-wise, it clearly means we can push farther ahead.
I’m reading William Gibson’s Zero History novel, and enjoyed this exchanges between the wealthy and...
“Starr insists that companies he funds can express their mission statement in...”
– The Eight-Word Mission Statement, reported by Eric Hellweg of HBR
“You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something,...”
– Buckminster Fuller (via jeanphony)
“He always looked at things from the perspective of what was the user’s...”
– John Sculley: The Secrets of Steve Jobs’ Success | Cult of Mac
“Anyone who’s done serious iPhone development can tell you there’s a...”
– How much does it cost to develop an iPhone application? - Stack Overflow
