Ladder of Fire Unpacking Design Advocacies Peter Merholz Director of Practice Development Founding Partner, Adaptive Path Master Blogger: Peterme.com in...
[JOB] Interaction Designer, NYC | 70-80k [Recruiter] New Notes: Client says they're looking for more of an engineer and less of a designer. The focus will be...
Remember as a kid when there were big family gatherings (unless you had a big family and every day was like this), and you'd be the last one to wake up and...
Hi Paula, I read some of the chapters from this book last year. It's has a nice Psychological perspective on Flow - a mental stage of being heavily involved or...
[Sorry for any duplication] If you find yourself in the Washington DC area on Tuesday evening, March 14, or the Philadelphia area on Thursday evening, March...
First Monday (http://firstmonday.org/), the online journal of media and society, is featuring collections of articles on two topics of concern to this list: ...
I'm sharing this older 'off-list' post (with permission) because there are some great insights with a potential action item or two -- I just haven't quite put...
PT> I'm sharing this older 'off-list' post (with permission) because PT> there are some great insights with a potential action item or two PT> -- I just...
Lada said: [only include here to provide continuity to the conversation, not to debate or suggest contrary position] "To me, a true community is a place where...
http://www.designcouncil.org.uk/webdav/harmonise?Page/@id=6048&Session/@id=D_UME6eecimaJq9JJa5eCj&Document/@id=9792 Referencing the above-noted piece as an...
Paula asks, ... Lordy. I've often liked that method of getting stories out into the world. There are tons of project and method stories, but it takes a lot of...
Paula (and others) I seldom tread into listservs because I don't easily follow conversations in list form. (ugh) But I saw this note . and offer a structure I...
[JOB] UI Designer, New York City My client works in a highly iterative, collaborative environment under tight time-frames so a proven record of collaboration...
Hi Gang, A few weeks back (or maybe it was months), there was an interesting discussion about companies that were providing a unique experience - I think we...
One I discovered recently: When you have SnagIt installed, the little toolbar appears in PowerPoint. If you use the application through there it will 1. take...
I'm a big fan of the grouped subject thread feature in Gmail. It's such a great way to reduce inbox clutter and an intuitive way to follow a conversation. ...
Three that come to mind immediately... - When I log into my Mac and I mistype the password, the password window wiggles back and forth as if shaking it's head...
great topic Parish, and Matt, I love the mini example, they have done so many things right, although i'm a bias mini owner :-) I'm sure you've heard of it, but...
... I admire different people in our professional because of their very different abilities. Some of them are not very prominent in the community, because they...
And now for something completely different: http://www.site-reference.com/articles/Website-Development/The-Surprising-Truth-About-Ugly-Websites.html (via...
Its late, I'm tired, and other than Mark's links to his own site, I dont' get what's priceless about this. Maybe I didn't read it close enough. or maybe its...
My take...Yeh, I've been lurking! Everyone should realize that our mass consciousness, morally, economically, and politically, has been in a "backlash"...
This is just an me-too rehash of a blog post that Robert Scoble wrote: http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/03/04/the-role-of-anti-marketing-design/ Basically,...
Just a quick thought on the "ugly website" issue. Many times websites that are made accessible to the assistive technology of the disabled are considered...
There is also evidence (study carried out at Manchester University) that good design provides a "halo effect" on perception of usability. The perception of...
Plentyoffish.com - Free Myspace.com - Free Craigslist.com - Free Not only that, as Jared pointed out they all provide value, enough value to overcome the...
... I remember that study when it came out. Without even discussing the study's design, which lends itself to much debate, what does it actually mean? Which is...
Note: forwarded message attached. The greeks did not write obituaries for departed souls. They asked, just one question... " Did he have passion ? " ...
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Interjecting my normal dose of economic theory, it's a matter of 'draw'. If there is enough momentum around a 'need' for certain content (i.e. otherwise unmet...