Temple Grandin

amazing... learned through group UX week debrief meeting... really wish I was there to watch her preso! It's very inspiring even when I heard it the 2nd handed version.
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UX Week 2009 - Day 4

Yes, I only went to day 4... so here is my notes:

Matt Webb on "Design is in Your Hands"

Fanufacture: Getting your fans to make your product. A quote I from on this [Infovore]: “Fans” act as an intermediate layer between the product and a mass market: they evangelise and amplify it. If you want to make a pun out of it, you could call them middle fan-agement. They take a product and enthuse about it to a wider audience; crowdsourced marketing, if you like.

Prototyping - You can't tell how well something will work until it's in your sweaty palm!

Innovation in small steps - else, you might risk overwhelming your users with the new "paradigms." Be selective!

David Merrill on "Cookie scale computers and other phsycal approaches to computing"

Traditionally, computering is done in a way that user use limited learned (and sometimes unnature) motions to interact with the objects appears on the monitors. It dominates our attention to one task at a time. Mobile device has test its phsycial size limitation, by making it pocket size that closely resembled to a candy bar. The limitation is no long technical but because it has reached the nearly smallest size that human can interact with the content on the small screens yet maintain a reasonable readability. David Merrill & MIT Media lab purposed new way of computing by having the user interact with computers in the real physical environment. It not only allow computers to become even smaller and human can interact with the devices using the familar gestures of everyday life. Thanks to April's TED video: Siftables : [Siftables on TED]

Brian Cronin & Natasha Alani on Mobile Literacy

The mental model that we are using in United States sometimes cannot be transferrable across different cultures. Some of the mental models we adapated as computer users, when transferred to mobile devices, it seems reasonable... however, it doesn't make sense to the people who skip computer and straight to mobile devices (which is common in 3rd world countries, and potentially future generation of tech users?)

Not much note on John Peterson on Public Architecture(it feels like a result of ethnographic study - even though they didn't have the actual study) & Robin Hunicke on WildFlower: The UX of game/play(use gaming into designs - create this sense of buddy, helper, etc even outside the games).

''''Scott Snibbe on Social Immersive Media

Scott Snibble showed us many video clip of his past projects. It's basically using our entire body (or shadow) as an engaging object with components on the screen or other people (a.k.a social). This can be presented as an art, an educational tool, or just an illustration. It is effective way to attract attention comparing to the traditional information slides.

Jesse James Garrett on The state of User Experience (not much notes, but basically he was talking about how perception, action, cognition, and emotion are all intertwine into user experience. Each category has its capabilities, constraint, and context that affects users to interact.)
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工研院"紙喇叭" 名廠也得認輸!-Yahoo!奇摩新聞

Proud to be Taiwanese series ;)!

工研院研發新產品紙喇叭，不但耗電量低，而且音質還非常好，打敗國際大廠，獲得美國年度科技創新獎。MP3一接上 接頭，音樂就從喇叭流洩而出，不過這個喇叭很不一樣，扁扁的形狀，從側面看幾乎跟厚紙板一樣薄，這是工研院最新研發的產品，神奇的喇叭上面有許多小孔，其 實就是超微小喇叭，整張紙喇叭，比50元硬幣厚度還要薄，而且非常軟，不管怎麼折、怎麼捲都可以，聲音完全不失真，還獲得了華爾街日報的年度科技創新獎！

這款可以彎曲的超薄音響喇叭，在比賽中可是打敗了惠普、摩托羅拉等大廠，未來準備技術轉移，進行量產，可以當壁紙，也能放在安全帽裡聽音樂，成為另外一個台灣之光。

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iPod nano - Apple Store (U.S.)

Camera + iPod! Almost as good as ipod touch!

iPod nano - Apple Store (U.S.)

Source: store.apple.com

Choose a thin, light iPod nano in a spectacular range of colors. Have it engraved with a personalized message—at no extra charge.

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Sand drawing Noah's Ark

Taipei Zoo


sand drawing Noah's Ark諾亞方舟的秘密 歌詞 The Zoo 諾亞方舟的秘密 歌詞 作詞：動物爸爸 Jason Yeh 作曲：董修銘 老師 GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo GoGo-GoGoGo 長臂猿GoGo加油聲 宣告黎明的來臨 大貓熊揉著可愛眼睛迎接美好的一天 大象昂首闊步走過必留下痕跡 長頸鹿眺望遠方天地一片祥和 獅子一聲怒吼撼動草原 威震八方 萬物都稀奇生命真可貴 ...
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WOWOW cool :) Thanks to Janice!
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Hook and Go skeletal shopping cart - Core77

Hook and Go skeletal shopping cart - Core77

A contraption called the Hook and Go, "the smart cart for the urban shopper," seems like a good idea as gets rid of the "cart part, folds into a compact shape, and will hold 70 pounds of hanging bags when unfurled.

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Maybe we can work on the form factor next.. but looks handy!

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Google's grass and goats - Core77

Google's grass and goats - Core77

To clear the fields of weeds and grass at their headquarters, Google could have hired a lawn-cutting service; instead they went with a greener initiative.

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Told You... I bet the one that you saw along HWY 237 is for the same cause.

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Can You Twitter the Gospel? (Josh Harris)

Can You Twitter the Gospel? (Josh Harris)

The team over at 9Marks invite you to succinctly communicate the Gospel in Twitter's 140 character limit. They're even offering free books to those who do it most effectively. Is this a worthy exercise? ...

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twitterific!

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Fast Food Folk Song (at the Taco Bell Drive-Thru)

Fast Food Folk Song (at the Taco Bell Drive-Thru)

Next time you're at Taco Bell, think of us. If you win some cash, you can help Rhett pay me (Link) back. No purchase necessary. Subject to official rules at http://BajaBlast.com Game ends 5/18/09.

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For those of you who've asked: Yes, the guy's reaction is totally authentic. ...

to Vovo: I dare you! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uwY3sjqYX0.

In fact, vovo, k2, caleb trio? maybe Clement too hahaha..

(thanks Wendy.. I can't stop watching it now)

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Beautiful Zipper Pond in Taiwan | Toxel.com

Beautiful Zipper Pond in Taiwan | Toxel.com

Toxel.com - Design, Inspiration and Technology Blog

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YEA!!! I love Taiwan!

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Researchers Use Web to Determine Wednesdays Are the Worst

Researchers Use Web to Determine Wednesdays Are the Worst

The usefulness of searchable, user-generated content apparently knows no bounds -- especially for zealous researchers who set out to determine exactly what all those bloggers, tweeters, and status updaters really think. ...

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Wow, it used to be the moody Tuesday! I wonder what made this shift (Or is this data applies to the techy world?) Funny thing is... Monday is not that bad for both studies.

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BlackFire

BlackFire

New product design video of an adjustable Clamplight. www.blackfire-usa.com Animation created by LiGHT-FiSH www.light-fish.com

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Flash Light ;)

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Mark Kinsley's killer fold-out shelving wall - Core77

Mark Kinsley's killer fold-out shelving wall - Core77

Industrial Design content and community site - articles, discussions, interviews and resources.

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WOW... nice to have in my room :D

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