It sure has a lot of common sense in it. You know pretty much all of it already, but maybe it's a good idea to get a reminder sometimes. I wasn't blown away by it, but it's quick'n'dirty reading. Only about 180 pages with big types and illustrations so if you got nothing else to do, then read it to remind yourself of a couple of thinks you actually already know.
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Together with Plant I did the initial wireframes for Pendlerduellen.dk. Pendlerduellen.dk was a danish traffic-safety campaign persuading drivers to lower their speed at the highways by awarding them with points for responsible driving. The speed and distance was tracked by a mobile app.
Pendlerduellen.dk
So… Just got the news from @mygdal that there will be no reboot this year. Sad, but true. One year without the craziness and genius that everybody bring to this almost legendary gathering… But hey, there’s still lot’s of brilliant stuff to explore one more time from reboot11
All videos from reboot11: video.reboot.dk
The reboot11-book: Action is at eleven
At reboot11:
At UX Week 2008:
I had the opportunity to experience Bruce Sterling Live on Stage at reboot11. To be honest, I didn't know very much about him before but his views on people, life, the world etc. really makes you think. And he's funny too.
Bruce Sterling on Wikipedia
In the article from Harvard Business Review the CEO of IDEO, Tim Brown, explains how you can implement design thinking in your organization. Furthermore he gives an example of how you can design elements that are not normally associated with design. In this example, IDEO used design thinking together with Kaiser Permanente to change the structures around work-routines for nurses with great success.
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Of course, at first, this is scary stuff. But seriously, how many people had their homes cleared by a couple of “crack-heads” based on what they tweet? I’m curious so if you have some statistics proving this is a serious issue, let me know.
When that’s said though… It’s a cool idea the guys @pleaserobme have come up with. Thumbs up to you guys.
Are you scared now? The burglars are watching you on twitter, foursquare, facebook etc. And they are ready to empty your house the second you tweet: "gone to the supermarket to buy more bacon... #bacon".
Please Rob Me
Get customers who worship the ground you advertise on. “A customer evangelist not only purchases from you regularly, she feels compelled to tell others.” They demonstrate how to create customer evangelists in today’s market of endless choices. Ben and Jackie use triumphs from the business world to deliver sound advice on how to maximize your marketing output and quality. A must-read for any consumer-heavy business.
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Years ago, when you were about four years old, the system set out to persuade you of something that isn’t true. Not just persuade, but drill, practice, reinforce, and yes, brainwash. The mission: to teach you that you’re average. That compliant work is the best way to a reliable living. That creating average stuff for average people, again and again, is a safe and easy way to get what you want.
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Public, private, and civil leaders should confront together the problems that none can solve. Leaders everywhere no longer express as much confidence about the future as they once did. When they speak candidly, it often sounds as if they feel trapped in quicksand, unable to move forward easily.
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For most companies the process of creating new, innovative products and getting them out the door starts with tapping the most talented members of the R&D team. Once they have arrived at an idea and decided it is feasible, R&D moves to determining the most effective way to develop it and bring it to market. It sounds logical; but what if there was a way to reinvent the process and bring better products to market faster and at a lower cost?
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t’s becoming increasingly difficult to catch the eyes of the consumer. Once you have them you have to keep them. Technology has transformed relationships between businesses and customers. Now, your job isn’t just to transact sales. Your job is to cultivate trust, build community, and interact with your customers on an ongoing basis.
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The ‘Wow Factor’ is you. The knowledge that you’ve done the research, considered the risks, paid attention to every detail. It’s the calm that comes from no-regret living. The confidence that says, ‘I have something to offer.’
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If You Build It, They Won’t Come What happened to the early days? You built a baseball stadium, a store, a web app, and people flocked to it… now what? We are suspicious of marketing. We don’t trust strangers as willingly. Buzz is suspect. It can be bought. Instead, consumers and business people alike are looking towards trust.
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This book is for your emotional self. The book is written by the french Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard in a way that makes it "eat-able" for westerners. It's not a religious book, but more a book of psychology. It gives you a brief guide on how to transform your negative emotions. It might be the book on my shelf that I've read most times.
Last summer I went jobhunting for a job at a company I really like. They didn't have any open positions, but I decided to go for it anyway. I realized it was recession-times, so I had to pull it off quite differently... This is how I did it.
Did I get the job? No... but it gave me some excellent contacts which pulled a lot of freelance hours.
Adaptive Path gives you an insight to what experience design is good for. It's not only dedicated to designers, but the organization as a whole. I highly recommend this book, as it really gives you a broader perspective on experience design.
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