Being a product person
Aesthetics are important in creating the appeal of products that underpins their longevity. ,25, In these instances, 'the 'product' would be a fusion of psychological and external 'realities', the user would become a protagonist and co-producer of narrative experience rather than a passive consumer of a product's meaning. The mental interface... See more
Jonathan Alexander Chapman • Emotionally Durable Design: Sustaining relationships between users and domestic electronic products
Like the Turin shroud, the cloth bears witness and registers the happening for posterity. Once again, the image is static, but the traces left on the ‘tablecloth’ are a reminder of the unique but random social intercourse that took place as the meal advanced in time. To our minds, this more accurately captures the event than the first drawing.... See more
Sarah Wigglesworth • The Disorder of the Dining Table
If your solution to some problem relies on “If everyone would just...” then you do not have a solution. Everyone is not going to just. At not time in the history of the universe has everyone just, and they’re not going to start now.
Everyone will not just
I want to end this with a quote by Ivan Illich, who I'm sure many of you have heard of.
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can... See more
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can... See more
I want to end this with a quote by Ivan Illich, who I'm sure many of you have heard of.
He wrote a wonderful book called "Tools for Conviviality" where he talked about the importance of people being able to make tools for themselves.
He says, "People need not only to obtain things; they need above all the freedom to make things among which they can live, to give shape to them according to their own tastes, and to put them to use in caring for and about others."
Software is no exception to this.
Let me present a very simple personal software need that shows how ridiculous the state of the ecosystem is:
My grandma barely knows how to use messaging apps- I tell her I sent her some pictures, she doesn’t know how to open it / doesn’t want to read or look at other messages. Phone app is too much. She just wants a... See more
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kaiton • 33 cards
The idea of research as leisure activity has stayed with me because it seems to describe a kind of intellectual inquiry that comes from idiosyncratic passion and interest. It’s not about the formal credentials. It’s fundamentally about play . It seems to describe a life where it’s just fun to be reading, learning, writing, and collaborating on... See more