The New York Times has released a prototype of a new way to access their articles: The Article Skimmer
Down the left hand side are the topics that you can choose from and on the right is the content with teasers for each article.
It definitely has a magazine feel and seeing the content laid out [...]
A fantastic video explaining the Credit Crisis. What is a complex topic is explained clearly in an engaging narrative.
It was made by Jonathon Jarvis as part of his thesis for a media design program.
Check it out: The Crisis of Credit Visualized
I was reading an article How to Manage Geeks. A friend sent it to me, probably because I work with a team of developers.
I am not sure how I feel about the word “geek”. As a kid, it was insult, but now it’s a term used widely about amongst the “geek” community to [...]
I just read this article on Joel Cohen, a writer and producer from The Simpsons. The article talks about the creative culture and innovation required to keep The Simspons fresh considering they’ve made over 400 episodes now.
What stuck out for me was his comment– “Take your ego out of the job”
In innovative and design lead [...]
I came across a cool new search engine today- www.searchme.com
I have seen a lot of new search engines over the years, but this one has stuck out for me because the interface is like browsing through your iphone or touch looking for new albums.
To help you find what you’re looking for, categories are presented with [...]
The starting point- it’s different for every project and often it’s not where you thought it would be.
A project can start because there is a business requirement or a user need. Either way, I have found over the years, it doesn’t matter how big or small your project is, there always needs to apply a [...]
Nokia recently ran a project where they went to Mumbai, Rio de Janeiro, and Accra and set up studio spaces and asked people to draw their ideal mobile phone.
Is this all part of Nokia’s user-generated innovation program where they seek input from users about what they should put in their product roadmaps.
My personal favourites are [...]
Everyone in business is a designer. The role of a designer is to solve problems, whether you’re designing a poster, a website, or a product- all of these things have been created because there was a need for them. The poster was needed to sell a dvd, the website to sell books and the product [...]
The facets refer to three characterizing facets in any project (or release): business value, ease of implementation, and user value.
You compare these against the three constraints that govern every project (or release): cost, time, and quality.
“By crossing the characterizing facets with constraints, you are combining the subjective needs of the project stakeholders with the objective [...]