June 2010
1 post
April 2009
3 posts
Indian farming practices, Green Revolution,...
In the LBJ administration, the US pushed a “Green Revolution” on India. Basically, the Indians had generational (tribal?) agricultural practices, but droughts had taken their toll. The US introduced our farming techniques to the Indians, and success was realized. However, the practices are deomonstrating to be unsustainable and untenable as a result.
Price of bandwidth, price of flattered self
Need that Salon article from Adam Kmiec which broke down YouTube’s costs and highlighted lack of sustainability. Key quote - “User-generated Content is proving to be a financial albatross.” http://slate.com/id/2216162
The "new normal" and the $100 trash can
Need to look up NPR All Things Considered and dig out the listener feedback. “higher quality products, fair price point, initial expense ok rather than repeating purchases, longevity from purchase,
January 2009
1 post
taxo validation
High emphasis placed on initial researc, maybe better explained as “pre-effort” research. Various post-effort research techniques exist, but taxo validation is deprioritized in favor of usability testing or other techniques.
Taxo validation could be IA/UX equiv of traditional marketing analytics - could bring IA/UX cred to marketing folks who don’t get it
December 2008
4 posts
Leaks are the new market research
Gears 3 in 2010? 3D Desktop/Finder for OS XI? Preemptive, premature info disseminated to pools of highly interested audiences. Feedback is willfully provided in enough time to adjust.
On presenting work product, be it IA, Creative or Tech
search, social, and the user experience
Qual and Quan - bricks and mortar
November 2008
1 post
For consumer-oriented companies on Twitter, why not put an uncensored stream from search.twitter on your homepage? Accentuate the positives from your customers and demonstrate attention and action towards mitigating the negatives.
October 2008
1 post
DHL Commercial
Ugly wasteful American syndrome. Plates get shipped from Italy to America with instructions about fragille contents. DHL supports the brand’s value prop through commercial. American family gazes lovingly and amazingly at beautiful handcrafted plates - then proceeds to break one during the wedding ceremony.
June 2008
1 post
Draft idea - helping companies who have either failed or not engaged in social find their way in
May 2008
1 post
April 2008
8 posts
draft: which-Centered Design?
Challenge is a shopping cart process, but for a rather specialized service in which the general public might not have the greatest of understandings. The business is seeing measurable dropoff across its web properties. UCD activities are being requested by the company to start stemming the tide. So, is UCD the answer? Unless there’s a really compelling reason not to - and it’s...
Hallelujah!
steverubel Seems like there is no news from Web 2.0 Expo. That’s a good sign that maybe the Kool Aid hangover has ended. I’ve dreamt of this day for so long.
“Sometimes, it’s hard to always take the high road. Too much up-hill...”
– Jared Spool, via Twitter
Celebration Of Vintage and Retro Design | Monday... →
“Don’t moan. Never be a victim. Either raise hell and change the game, or...”
– Jack Welch, 2002
Alltop- Encouraging the Mainstream |... →
Field Usability Kit
Got the wet erase markers, multi-colored stickies, grid-lined and unlined index cards so far. Need to get the grid-lined paper for prototype templates, some acetate or laminate overlays and a nice binder to keep it all in.