Monthly Archives: February 2010

There’s a tendency (at least among designers) to think that it’s designers who own the user experience. After all, designers are the ones who define it, right? This button goes there and it’s blue. But the more I think about it, the more I come to realize that ownership rests in those who provide the resources to get the product built, and in those who actually build the products: the developers and manufacturers. They are the true owners of the user experience.

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Is First-Mover Advantage a Myth? http://is.gd/8sJrE # You, Too, Can Soon Be Like Tom Cruise in Minority Report http://is.gd/8v9MJ …and get gorilla arm in about 5 minutes. #notthefuturedesktop # We shouldn't be asking, "Can you complete the task?" but rather "Are you motivated to do it in the first place?" @cshirky http://is.gd/8vofn # An iPad [...]

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Bill Scott on the iPad: "iPad Interesting Moments" http://bit.ly/cxKO2q /via @uxlx # "We haven’t completely determined what the major themes are [in interaction design.]" http://is.gd/7YFAV # 1964 Modem Reaches Out And Touches The Internet http://is.gd/7YH8r # Disruptive Design: TiVo and iPad http://is.gd/81svX # Finally a great use for haptics: a flash card kit for blind [...]

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Management of attention is key to improving every aspect of your experience http://bit.ly/Tkepb (via @karenmcgrane) # RT @crunchgear: How Apple kills hardware innovation http://bit.ly/90397o by @johnbiggs /via @touch_ui # OreObject SPHEREtouch mouse: a touch-enabled steel ball: http://bit.ly/9eOQI9 (via @engadget) # Thurs night at #ixd10 join us for the Kicker Kickoff Party 8-11 in the beer [...]

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We’re at Interaction10, the annual interaction design conference, sponsored by the Interaction Design Association. This year, it’s a bit of a family affair as all three of the Kicker principals are involved.

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"Innovation doesn't come magically from an invisible hand. It comes from people." @Richard_Florida # Sorry, applicants, but we have no plans for an internship program this summer. Hopefully next year! # Anybots Telepresence Robots Go into Mass Production http://is.gd/72z7H # Timeline of Apple's tablet rumors http://bit.ly/7CFved, but it starts in 2002, a year after http://bit.ly/7PaH4q [...]

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