Jun 17
Brand monopolies and design deficiencies: Case Study, eBayAttention venture capitalists that have some extra money to throw around, or motivated and interested entrepreneurs: You should invest in creating a good auction site. Wha-What’s that you say, eBay already exists and has monopolized the online auction market? Have you ever tried to USE eBay recently? as a buyer OR a seller? The user [...]
Jun 12
what cult’s alter do you bow down to?I’ve learned from working with the experts in human inquiry methods at the Institute of Design a lot about learning about patterns of daily human life. As we know, there’s very little asking of questions necessary in most interviews on the researcher’s part. Lately I’ve been looking into more participatory approaches into design, which somehow [...]
Jun 12
rejoice!Daily Show and Colbert on Hulu. My decision to renounce TV years ago vindicated once more.
Jun 09
Vertical Urban Farming: Coming to a city near you?This summer semester I’m taking a global sustainability class and I was just reading about Farming the Cities. Urban farming is generally pretty awesome, I can’t wait for it. In a way, it might render the areas outside of major cities mostly useless. Well that’s harsh, I shouldn’t say useless; But certainly undesirable. The only [...]
Jun 09
obligatory apple fanboy 3G iPhone postOk, explain to me… why WOULDN’T it have a cut and paste functionality, remind me again? I mean… c’mon! If you’re going to make it a fully featured mobile device, you better have the basic functions that I’d use between Safari and mail, like copy and paste. …and THAT’s why I’m not going to get [...]
