In his thoughtful article, Intuition, pleasure, and gestures, Jonathan Korman of Cooper crafts the most elegant definition of the word “intuitive” I have ever come across: Intuitive: Easy to explain, powerful in its implications, impossible to forget.
Month: October 2007
Data Visualization of Global Health Statistics
Hans Rosling is a professor of global health at SwedenÂ’s Karolinska Institute. He has one of the most amazing presentations on the TED conference video list. He analyzes global health data, but uses a tool to adds the dimension of time which illuminates trends and relationships that are harder to grasp as static charts. He…
Navigating New York
I remember when I first moved to Manhattan for grad school in ’94 that is was really disorienting when you exit the subway station. I had to walk a block to discover which way was North. Finally someone (NYC DOT) had the good sense to do something about it, in the form of a sidewalk…
Helio’s Blue Ocean
Helio’s Ocean handset I spent last week in Los Angeles on a project with Helio. Helio is an MVNO, which is a fancy way of saying they are a mobile phone operator that leases their network, in their case, from Sprint. They were started in early 2005 as a joint venture between Earthlink and SKTelecom,…
Emotional Experience of Signage
A presentation on Emotional Intelligent Signage by Dan Pink of Wired presented in the form of Pecha-Kucha, the art of presenting 20 Powerpoint slides taking 20 seconds per slide. [Thanks CC]
Buying a Microwave and the Conspiracy of Design
[A]lthough poor design is never excusable, when people are in a relaxed situation, the pleasant, pleasurable aspects of the design will make them more tolerant of difficulties and problems in the interface.