Category Archives: Reflection
Communication in the process of co-design
This post will most likely feel like like a train coming off the rails. I will clean it up at some point. Maybe. Anyway… Most designs are the result of a process of co-design, involving several stakeholders and people directly involved in the creation of something. In this process, there is a constant state of [...]
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Design Thinkers, Design Keepers, and Design Baggage
I was going to write a post today about the ways in which design is being discussed, viewed, and used by individuals and organizations. My colleague, Matty Snyder, and I have spent a lot of time discussing this and alas, he beat me to it and wrote it better than I could have. Check it [...]
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No Google, I don’t need advice on pregnancy.
I just got done reading an article from Google’s Official GMail Blog, entitled Serving Better Ads in Gmail. Scott Crossan, the GMail Product Manager, stated that GMail will now provide advertisements based on past emails if the current email doesn’t provide a good enough match. They are doing this in the spirit of giving you [...]
Potatoes and Design Thinking
So I went into Penn Station yesterday with a buddy (Matt) to have some lunch. When we sat down, I noticed the numerous metal bins of potatoes stacked up next to the fryers. If you have ever been to a Penn Station, you know that the fries are fresh cut. Anyway, I thought it was [...]
Project Reflections: Green Thermostat
Being a few months removed from my first design projects in my HCI/d Master’s study at Indiana University, I have some reflections and lessons learned. For this particular project I worked with another student to design a green thermostat. The project took about a week and included some informal user research, concept sketches, prototyping in [...]
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Random stuff I found on Sticky Notes