February 2009
1 post
Lost Conversations
I have been thinking recently of the changing ways that we communicate due to new technologies. What we talk about may be a newly developing generation divide.
Here are a couple of examples of quickly dissapearing conversations.
How do you get there? (replaced by Google Maps/GPS)
What is a good restaurant in town? (replaced by Yelp)
What is a (random object)? (replaced by Wikipedia)
What is...
January 2009
4 posts
Nurturing Decision: Wine, a case study
Inspired by a recent prompt from my beloved design group, El Corazon de la Design, to redesign a shopping experience, I’m going to explore the paradox of choice.
One of the classic interaction design problems is allowing people to narrow down a huge number of possibilities to a couple that are of most interest to them.
Matching a user with something that makes them happy is the goal. This is the...
Music is Changing
As a followup to my User Centered vs Self-Centered Design post, I’ve been working pretty intensely on a Next Gen Music Player over the last month. This player is inspired by needs I have observed in myself and in friends music listening patterns
I realized two core needs for music listening:
#1 For a continuous streaming experience.
#2 To listen to any song I want, whenever.
My...
User centered vs. Self centered design
After working now in the design industry for 3 years and having studied it for 4 years, I’m going to start publishing some of my findings. Here is one: In the Stanford Product design program, user centered design is key. This involved deeply understanding who you are designing for, finding their quirks, needs, and then making prototypes and getting feedback. It was all about express, test,...
SQUIRRELS + COFFEE →
britne:
SQUIRRELS + COFFEE Dear god, help us
if i dont haz mah coffee, i acts liek dis.
picture: dunno source, via our lolcat builder. lol caption: DanielleJane
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December 2008
4 posts
Back in SF
Hey Dudes,
I just flew back into SF today from modesto.
I had a very nice week in modesto: visiting Brandon in La Grange, going to Yosemite with the family, playing with Tara (not be confused with Terra), and going to the Queenbean AMAP (as much as possible).
For the incrowd:
You should tot YOT go to Modesto!
Food Bank
I spent today working at the San Francisco Food Bank.
My team of about 30 people packaged 7000 lbs of carrots and bagged 2000 1lb bags of frozen pasta.
It was nice to do some ‘non-brain’ work. It also got me thinking more about how I can apply my skills to volunteering/social good.
The simplest thing to do would be to set up a little group that makes pro-bono websites for...
Move from wordpress
I personally, really dislike wordpress.
I feel like it takes too much setup, making a post takes too many clicks, and the visuals are really quite boring without customization.
So, I’m switching over to tumblr. I’m hoping this allows me to get past the activation energy of writing posts.