Monthly Archives: August 2009

hans reiser

This guy hans reiser, apparently some kind of hard-core coder, has an interesting observation on information theory: if you add to the length of time it takes to access a piece of info, you divide the number of people who … Continue reading

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experience economy

The basic idea of the experience economy was in my head soon after I got to ID, but I am only now reading it firsthand. The 1998 HBR article seems to be an excellent blueprint for creating a design consultancy … Continue reading

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Action vs Reflection

I’m so glad for the intellectual revolutions of the 60s and 70s. The earlier generation dealt with tearing the structure down the ground and then rejecting what remained of it inside themselves. It is clear that they were generally right … Continue reading

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craigslist design

From wired.com, an analysis of craigslist and how and why it’s one of the biggest communities on the internet despite the fact that it doesn’t put any effort at all towards design, marketing, presentation, etc. “” The truth is that … Continue reading

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philosophy and details

It looks like I’ve decided to focus on interaction design (or, perhaps it would be better to call it at this point software design, perhaps even programming, until I get familiar enough with the medium to really produce something new … Continue reading

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