April 2008
204 posts
Just saw the new Heineken light ad. Um. It’s not sanitary for that many people to share ONE bottle of beer. Like. Duh. Ick.
Two Doctors with MaRS launch MalariaEngage to bring social tools to bear on Malaria. http://malariaengage.zazengo.com/
Damn. I want to play/watch soccer and NOW. http://tinyurl.com/6aj9bp
Thanks to @mikearauz for making penguins cool again. http://youtube.com/watch?v=9dfWzp7rYR4
HELP: Anyone have any local Toronto Drupal guys or people that are awesome working remotely?
TO: thousands had contracts of service broken when union wildcat striked and chose to halt wherever they were and force ppl off bus & train
TO: so today I broke contract in return and refused first fair. Used the opp to speak with both the booth member and a driver.
TTC drivers on strike. City in complete gridlock. And me stuck smack dab in the center of it.
Is @paulmcenany “for sale”??? I think not! http://tinyurl.com/55t6gj
A simple manifesto →
I was working on a lengthy wrap up of a show I attended but based on what went down there, I give you a short manifesto instead. I am not for sale. Is not everything for sale? Does not…
I am not for sale. http://tinyurl.com/55t6gj
A simple manifesto →
I was working on a lengthy wrap up of a show I attended but based on what went down there, I give you a short manifesto instead. I am not for sale. Is not everything for sale? Does not…
Where hope should lie. http://flickr.com/photos/seetwist/2311174232/sizes/o/
For all my twitter friends!!! http://tinyurl.com/6qdwob
and across a narrow aisle from two toddlers. Oh boy.
united sucks. 5 hour flight. No in seat entertainment. No power. No nothing.
at the web 2.0 ignite in San fran. Light me up, baby!
anyone using dopplr out there? Your thoughts? Valuable?
#mxsanfran “serendipity is searching in a haystack for a needle and finding a farmer’s daughter.”
#mxsanfran app: shelf. Spiders your identity and pulls your lifestreams to your mac desktop.
#mxsanfran I want to fly virgin!! Barf bag has a manifesto on it.
#mxsanfran two people have mentioned learning from MacDonalds and their live prototyping focus. Anyone familiar with this?
#mxsanfran A Needs Framework: Explicit (what people say), Tacit (intuitive observation - what they don’t say), Latent (their unknown needs)
#mxsanfran Microsoft launched Surface at 5 AT&T stores in the states.
#mxsanfran Latent needs - present people with rapid prototypes and then test whether this idea/solution excites/exposes unknown needs
#mxsanfran be sure to study the rational and feeling components of an interaction. Most focus on rational.
#mxsanfran Stephen p Anderson speaking on taking ideas to reality in a corporate environment
I’m getting tweets from yesterday today. Suh-weet
#mxsanfran Extreme User Observation. Extreme behaviors on both side of the bell curve. Oral care. No teeth. Or guy w 7 types of toothpaste.
Are @Piraper and @insignificant Twitter spam or the deranged mind realized of Marcus Von Sacrum??? Only time will tell.
I want to marry IDEO. “the funnel is the worst thing I ever did. For innovation you need chaos.” client quote.
I’m under attack by pirates!!! Beware to all twitterers!
#mxsanfran California College of Arts now offering an MBA in Design Strategy. Blink.
Stupid twitter dropped ALL my direct messages via Hahlo.
CX managers should measure their worth by the value of the experiences they create
#mxsanfran amazing conference until the Google lady. It’s a promotion for being a manager in a ridiculously sized organization.
#mxsanfran ” Championing UX means managing an economy of insights” - secil watson
sitting with head of skype product design. Very interested in an invite to the torcamp skype chat!
#mxsanfran. “if u want to create a great product, you first have to create a great culture” cornell ratzlaff
“if you are simply listening to requests from your customers you can satisfy their needs but you can never surprise them” CEO of Nintendo
#mxsanfran search is the ultimate app online. Yet we all want to do things with what we find. To break the organizing principle.
#mxsanfran mobile is a sign of future things to come behaviorally and emotionally. More to learn from than design for.
#mxsanfran chip heath rocks. I have to move “ideas that stick” to the front of my to read pile.
#mxsanfran find the wiify for your audience. What is in it for you. (them)
#mxsanfran Nokia has defined their audiences worldwide into 13 segments based on behavioral and aspirational traits. One language internall.
#mxsanfran Nokia guy at our table just presented a CRAZY conceptual model for defining themes by design metaphors. Fucking brilliant.
#mxsanfran niki signed subscription deal with universal. Any nokia phone holder will be able to download “free” music. Included in phone cos
#mxsanfran took six projects with ethography to convert nokia. Results and innovation impact showed ethno costs don’t even factor
#mxsanfran Nokia now requires every member of the design team travel the world and spend time with customer families.
#mxsanfran some desgners just travel the world watching people use phones and capture innovation of users in remote countries.
