What Kicker Was Doing the Week Ending 2009-01-25

• “Laptops, not mobile phones, are the means to liberate the developing world”: http://icanhaz.com/laptopsnotmobiles What about netbooks? #
• CrunchPad prototype needs some better industrial design. That white plastic rim is going to get filthy. http://icanhaz.com/crunchpad #
• Is the “Experience Economy” contracting towards irrelevance? http://tinyurl.com/7b7yp5 #
• Sweet Mac keyboard made of Scrabble tiles! http://www.datamancer.net/keyboards/scrabble/scrabble.htm #
• Palm Pre: Case study in UX Strategy: http://tinyurl.com/9wdpx9 #
• Assemble nanowires on silicon could lead to cheap, tiny sensing devices: http://tinyurl.com/78d45j #
• From IDEO: iPhone app for prototyping iPhone apps: http://tinyurl.com/86354u #
• “It has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things…who have carried us up the long, rugged path toward prosperity and freedom.” #
• Why Microsoft should forget about Yahoo and buy Palm: http://slate.com/id/2209139 #
• Perceptive Pixel getting a nice plug (“Touch-enabled by Perceptive Pixel”) on CNN. #
• NYT: “Nearly everything is a little computer that wants to seek out and connect to other computerized devices” http://icanhaz.com/nytces #
• Craving these tiny screens: http://tinyurl.com/3vdjxj Perfect for IM window. #
• The five design decision styles: http://tinyurl.com/aks7cb #
• developing physical ways to teach graphic design. #
• What the Microsoft Layoffs Might Mean for Surface: http://tinyurl.com/bqx4ey #
• Simplicity is not the goal. It is the by-product of a good idea and modest expectations. Paul Rand (via @jasonsantamaria) #
• We missed the 25th anniversary of Apple’s “1984″ ad yesterday: http://www.cnbc.com/id/28791291 Still one of the greatest product intros ever #
• Happy 25th Birthday, Mac! http://is.gd/h3lT Amazing how little you’ve really changed. Doubt that will be true in the next 25 years… #
• Cool interactive installation using emergency lights: http://www.beaconinstallation.com/ #
• Friend of Kicker (FOK) Kristen Meuter at frog designed the Samsung Unified UI: http://bit.ly/PnDV Question is: does a unified UI make sense? #
• Future directions for tactile feedback on touchscreens: http://tinyurl.com/d43wpb #
• Come see Dan this Tuesday in SF for Tap is the New Click: http://icanhaz.com/IxDA-SFJan09 Bonus: sneak peek at latest @kickerstudio project! #
• Paul Rand on Henry Petroski: http://tinyurl.com/buqt3l #

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