January 2010
1 post
April 2009
2 posts
If the world was a village of 100 people →
March 2009
4 posts
Mega dropdown menus work - Jakob Nielsen →
Everything's amazing, nobody's happy →
Print Email Kathy Sierra's Guide to Making... →
Want to be a better speaker? →
February 2009
4 posts
ubicomp is siftable →
15 Tips for Freelancers Starting Their Own... →
We empower our clients. We teach them how to fish.
– David Kelly on FastCompany, Feb 09 issue.
January 2009
9 posts
Will Evans on Social Media Networks →
There is no delight in owning anything unshared
– Seneca, Roman Philosopher | Taken from Joshua Porter’s book, Designing for the social web.
Death of Ferrit →
What happens when you have no obvious strategy and/or experience in online experiences for selling and buying stuff. Money doesn’t buy you everything.
9 experiences for 2009 →
Business Empathy: 6 questions to connect... →
Designing for situational awareness
Need to read the book again. I seem to have lost my copy.
http://www.amazon.com/Designing-Situation-Awareness-Approach-User-Centered/dp/074840967X/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1231466684&sr=8-2
http://www.mauronewmedia.com/blog/2009/01/how-new-t... →
Situational Awareness design principles may yet be the next hot design methodology.
December 2008
1 post
good design happens when you know the rules enough to break them.
November 2008
1 post
October 2008
7 posts
a plan is only as good as the people who’re seeing it through
Facts tell, stories sell
– Andy Bounds
Do, or do not. There is no “try”.
– Jedi Master Yoda
Now I finally get it - simple analogy for real... →
podcast with Brandon Schauer →
September 2008
11 posts
Supporting strategy by design post earlier.
Strategy by design from Tim Brown, IDEO →
Digital agency - Code and theory →
http://www.sitepoint.com/article/design-firms-think... →
Definitely one of my favorite presentations at UXWeek this year.
http://www.businesstobuttons.tv/webbtv2007/brandonschauer.html
Using the mac tumblr widget for the first time.
New Zealand UPA gets the low down on gestural interfaces.
Talk at UPANZ.
August 2008
5 posts
I believe design is a process of identifying the right problems and coming up...
– Lulu Pachuau
If you’re not prepared to be wrong you’ll never come up with anything original
– Sir Ken Robinson
Pet Angels →
This is pretty rare in NZ, to deliver an end-to-end service that is pleasant and compelling.
These Pet Angels guys have definitely got their goals and vision sorted as far as overall customer experience goes.
I’ve heard from at least 5 of my friends they deliver their promise. Why can’t NZ services be like these guys? From every point of sales/touch point, they seem to offer the same consistent...
September 2007
3 posts
testing
Going, going, gone
Can’t wait to go to INDIA next week - 29th Sat.
Mizo dinner at our place
That was the best dinner we shared with our friends!