Monthly Archives: June 2010

We tend to “simply, hide, or chop” features up, because our model of how people use products (a pyramid with most users as beginners at the bottom of the pyramid, working up to a small number of users as experts at the top of the pyramid) is wrong. It’s the job of designers, Cook feels, to “pull users towards mastery” instead of simplifying features for the lowest common denominator. How to do that involves game mechanics, namely what he calls skill atoms and skill trees.

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What if…Nokia used Android? http://is.gd/d1G0W #

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A doctor's review of rounds with an iPad http://is.gd/cNIZI # Military-Grade Augmented Reality Could Redefine Modern Warfare http://is.gd/cNJB5 # Sensors to calculate oil flow rate in Gulf are deployed. http://on.cnn.com/djONWN (via @cnnbrk) # What’s The Secret Behind Diapers.com Success? A Kiva Robot Warehouse http://is.gd/cO4cq # Along the same lines as the Kicker Conference Phone: Tin [...]

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Amazon's Bezos seeks patent on facial gesture-based 1-click purchase approval: http://bit.ly/d9ZEmB (via @danachis @jmspool) # From ID to UX: The heritage and evolving role of experience-driven design: @baskinger's new article for @uxmag http://uxm.ag/cp # "In general, “I” takes you to that creepy HAL 9000 place. It’s the uncanny pronoun. Avoid." http://is.gd/cIPpH # You'd think designing [...]

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We’re very pleased to announce Device Design Day: a one-day conference for professionals who design consumer electronics, appliances, mobile devices, and objects with embedded technology.

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Interesting look at Crossbow Sensors and eKo PRO, a wireless platform for outdoor sensors http://is.gd/cylDB # Your next coworker might be a robot http://is.gd/czO8c # Tracking the Oil Spill with Robots (podcast) http://is.gd/czOkN # Apple: Don't make your iPad app look like a desktop http://is.gd/czTjJ # Courier-esque hardware + iPad-esque software = http://www.kno.com/ # Shoes [...]

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