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IDEO Method Cards widget

Posted on July 20, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

IDEO’s excellent Method Cards for human-centered design are available as a widget for Mac OS X users. (Saves you $50) Available as a download in the right column of the news page. Really easy to miss. Incidentally, Fast Company has an article on IDEO Method Cards Turn, Um, 7! Happy birthday Method Cards!

We get our Thursdays from a banana

Posted on July 19, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

“We get our Thursdays from a banana” is a quote from a presentation Clay Shirky made at Supernova. In the presentation he also mentions: the Isa Shrine in Japan, Perl, AT&T, community and love. It is also features one of his most famous quote: In the past, we did little things for love and big…

The Geography of UX: Why web user experience in Korea is not about the searchbox

Posted on July 16, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Korean internet culture is unique. Or the internet culture of Northern America is not universal.1 User Experience: my definition If you do an Amazon search for User Experience (UX) you get mostly web design related books. The web has grown so dramatically in the past decade that it is sometimes hard to imagine a time…

UX for Good

Posted on July 15, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Just launched a new blog UXforGood.org which tries to bring together my often intersecting interest in user experience (UX) and social change. In quite a visionary statement with far before the birth of the internet, Charles Eames said: Beyond the age of information is the age of choices. It is an understatement to say that…

Touch interface for good

Posted on June 27, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Touch screen NYC ticket vending machine (photo credit: yuen_long / flickr) Here’s a comment I posted on Changemakers AshokaTech discussion board in response to question How would you use touch-screen technology for good? Following our blog post on touch-screen technology, I’d love to hear about your ideas on how we can make such technology work…

Breaking the Cycle of Poverty in Korea through Education: A Social Business Proposal

Posted on June 12, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Preamble1 A couple of years ago I asked a friend in Korea with a single child if he considered having more kids. He told me that he wanted to give the best for his son, and he couldn’t really afford the education cost of a second child. He told me a his son was taking…

Cities: the future of humanity

Posted on June 1, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Here’s a presentation file for a lecture that I gave at my alma mater Yonsei University. Keep in mind this was an invited lecture to undergrad student in the architecture program as part of a class that fulfills their urban design requirement (read: not very academic). Cities and the future of humanity View more Microsoft…

Farewell to “Foolish President” Roh Moo-hyun

Posted on May 30, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Koreans paying their last respects before motorcade leaves Seoul. (Photo credit: ohmynews.com) Former president of Korea Roh Moo-hyun (2003-2007) died of severe head injuries suffered in a suicide attempt on May 23. Today (May 29) saw his national funeral and cremation. Thousands gathered in the city center to pay their last respects. I was no…

Hong Kong trip and thoughts on social business

Posted on May 26, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Click image to view slideshow of the Hong Kong trip, May 22-23, 2009 The last time I visited Hong Kong was in 1989. Some things have indeed changed. For one thing, it’s part of China now. Also the skyline has many new additions, including the 88-floor (415m) 2 International Finance Centre tower, which is apparently…

International Symposium: Hanoi 2030

Posted on May 14, 2009July 5, 2021 by namho

Hanoi 2030: International Symposium As if working on the 1st Report for the Hanoi master plan was not enough, between our reports to the Vietnam government steering committee and the Prime Minister, we held a 2-day international symposium April 21-22. The main goal of the symposium was to gain a better understanding of Hanoi within…

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