a user's experience

You know you’ve had an experience when something about a moment or act makes sense.

Sat, 14 Jul 2012 04:45:42 -0300

You know you’ve had an experience when something about a moment or act makes sense.

iwdrm: “The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever...

Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:09:14 -0400

“The 9000 series is the most reliable computer ever made. No 9000 computer has ever made a mistake or distorted information. We are all, by any practical definition of the words, foolproof and incapable of error.”

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

From data visualization to mapping applications, art to...

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:55:39 -0300

From data visualization to mapping applications, art to architecture, product design to fabrication, computer-generated forms have managed to permeate every aspect of our lives.

The new book FORM+CODE In Design, Art and Architecture ($25, Princeton Architectural Press) shows how software and coding have ventured far beyond our computer screens, finding their way into galleries, furniture, and even buildings.

(via 16 Astounding Experiments in Data-Driven Art [Slideshow] | Co.Design)

Thought-provoking talk on the changing perspective of design...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:52:13 -0400

Thought-provoking talk on the changing perspective of design research’s value for business.

Robert Fabricant (@FabTweet) on Moving from Intuition to Influence at IIT Design Research Conference, 2009 (via Vimeo)

"More often than not, [designers] depend on the expertise of others to accomplish what they have..."

Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:04:04 -0400

“More often than not, [designers] depend on the expertise of others to accomplish what they have imagined. Designers may be the generators of the product vision, but they are not usually the owners. It’s designers’ job to convince the real product owners of the value of their vision so that the products of the future can be built.”

- Who Owns the User Experience? at Kicker Studio by @odannyboy

"Design research as I see it has two functions; one is increase our knowledge of how to make products..."

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:02:00 -0400

“Design research as I see it has two functions; one is increase our knowledge of how to make products and what, in fact, might be made and the other is to improve our understanding of how products function as part of the social world. (…) If we are to move the question of what is to be designed outside the confines of market-driven concerns, then we need ways of understanding better the relation of design to the satisfaction of human purposes.”

- Building a design research community by Victor Margolin at Design plus Research conference (Politecnico di Milano, 2000)

BBC’s “Virtual Revolution” mashup preview by...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 12:01:50 -0400

BBC’s “Virtual Revolution” mashup preview by Barry Pilling via @BBCDigRev

"By constructing a practice around the design and development of technology for task based and..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 22:37:18 -0400

“By constructing a practice around the design and development of technology for task based and problem solving applications, we have unintentionally established such work as the status quo for the human computing experience. We have failed in our duty to open up alternate forums for technology to express itself and touch our lives beyond productivity and efficiency.”

- UIST 2009 Keynote by Eric Paulos (HCII, Carnegie Mellon University)

"The new element in design is software, a fundamentally abstract and disembodied way to prescribe..."

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:19:20 -0400

“The new element in design is software, a fundamentally abstract and disembodied way to prescribe behavior. In the past, industrial designers set the stage for interaction and behavior by making decisions about physical form and materials. Now the designer also programs the object’s interactive behavior. (…) Design has always been about interaction, and interaction has always been tangible. What’s new is that physical interaction is becoming computationally mediated-or conversely, that computational media are becoming physically embodied.”

- Tangible Interaction = Form + Computing by Mark Baskinger, Mark Gross

I would definitely headbang to this: Broadcast - I Found the F...

Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:51:00 -0400

I would definitely headbang to this:

Broadcast - I Found the F (live at KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” - 25 jan 2006)

Bonus:

Broadcast live at KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic” (25 jan 2006): 37’34”

La Vitrine - Permanent Interactive LED wall by Moment Factory...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:25:14 -0400

La Vitrine - Permanent Interactive LED wall by Moment Factory (via @dubaralho)

In a recent interview with Art Fag City, Rafman identified a...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:54:57 -0400

In a recent interview with Art Fag City, Rafman identified a unique quality of Street View images, which is that their automated nature removes the relationship between photographer and subject, imbuing the images with a powerful sense of detachment. “[The images] can give us a sense of what it feels like to be observed simultaneously by everyone and by no one, to have everything recorded, but no particular significance accorded to anything.”

source: wired.co.uk via @iA

more: Jon Rafman | Google Street Views

Spoon gig poster by Casey Burns via @luiscarli UPDATE: in a sad...

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 16:38:00 -0400

Spoon gig poster by Casey Burns via @luiscarli

UPDATE: in a sad note, i unintendedly posted a piece that actually mentions Jay Reatard, recently deceased.

"We need to rethink our business plans. I doubt this cultural shift will be paid for by better..."

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 12:14:48 -0400

“We need to rethink our business plans. I doubt this cultural shift will be paid for by better advertising models. Advertising is based on capturing attention, typically by interrupting the broadcast message or by being inserted into the content itself. Trying to reach information flow is not about being interrupted. Advertising does work when it’s part of the flow itself.”

- Boyd, Danah. 2009. “Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media.” Web2.0 Expo. New York, NY: November 17.

"This is not simply about aggregating or curating content to create personalized destination sites...."

Sun, 17 Jan 2010 11:59:49 -0400

“This is not simply about aggregating or curating content to create personalized destination sites. Frankly, I don’t think this will work. Instead, the tools that consumers need are those that allow them to get into flow, that allow them to live inside information structures wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. The tools that allow them to easily grab what they need and stay peripherally aware without feeling overwhelmed.”

- Boyd, Danah. 2009. “Streams of Content, Limited Attention: The Flow of Information through Social Media.” Web2.0 Expo. New York, NY: November 17.

How we freeze light (backstage) via popdesign

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:47:01 -0400

How we freeze light (backstage) via popdesign

listening to "Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday"

Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:28:00 -0400

listening to "Primal Scream - Gentle Tuesday":

primal scream, “gentle tuesday”. “feeling good” doesn’t feel better than this.

"If, as we confront some task, a part of the world functions as a process which, were it done in the..."

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 18:41:48 -0400

“If, as we confront some task, a part of the world functions as a process which, were it done in the head, we would have no hesitation in recognizing as part of the cognitive process, then that part of the world is (so we claim) part of the cognitive process.”

- The Extended Mind by Andy Clark and David J. Chalmers, 1998.

"The drive to nail “design thinking” down has the same normative flavor that has..."

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:09:43 -0400

“The drive to nail “design thinking” down has the same normative flavor that has restricted the spread of systems thinking. The urge to create a framework that specifies what and how a design thinker proceeds seems not just futile but dangerous to the survival of a movement aimed at expanding the kinds of thinking that managers, policy makers and citizens engage in.”

- Lessons Learned — Why the Failure of Systems Thinking Should Inform the Future of Design Thinking by Fred Collopy via @emalone

Recarregar baterias sustentavelmente - abcDesign via...

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 13:45:00 -0400

Recarregar baterias sustentavelmente - abcDesign via @efileno

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