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Sunday, December 21, 2008
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Look-at-Me icon featured on front page
Look at the bottom left corner, Look-at-Me icon is featured on CrowdSpring font page.
Monday, October 27, 2008
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Spread the story. Stop the disease.
Stopping XDR-TB
James Nachtwey's story with the world - his photographs, both powerful and moving. They highlight the awful disease XDR-TB, a new and deadly form of tuberculosis that is threatening to become a global pandemic.
By viewing & passing on this link, we can help to spread awareness, which is the first step to halting the disease.
XDRTB.org http://www.xdrtb.org
James Nachtwey's story with the world - his photographs, both powerful and moving. They highlight the awful disease XDR-TB, a new and deadly form of tuberculosis that is threatening to become a global pandemic.
By viewing & passing on this link, we can help to spread awareness, which is the first step to halting the disease.
XDRTB.org http://www.xdrtb.org
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
北京2008年残奥会吉祥物--福牛乐乐
残奥会吉祥物设计方案的灵感来自中国古老的农耕文明，具有以下特点：- 诠释出丰富的北京残奥会理念和奥林匹克精神；
- 体现人与自然的和谐共处，反映出北京奥运 会“绿色奥运，人文奥运”理念；
- 具有浓郁的民族风格和文化特色；
- 牛的形象在国际上具有广泛认同性；
- 具有广阔的延展设计和市场开发空间。
Friday, September 12, 2008
Tim Brown, CEO & president of IDEO on Design Thinking
Great design satisfies both our needs and our desires.
Often the emotional connection to a product or an image is what engages us in the first place.
Time and again we see successful products that were not necessarily the first to market but were the first to appeal to us emotionally an d functionally.
In other words, they do the job and we love them.
The iPod was not the first MP3 player, but it was the first to be delightful.
The idea will grow ever more important in the future. As Daniel Pink writes in his book 'A Whole New Mind':
"Abundance has satisfied, and even over-satisfied, the material needs of millions - boosting the significance of beauty and emotion and accelerating individuals' search for meaning".
As more of our basic needs are met, we increasingly expect sophisticated experiences that are emotionally satisfying and meaningful.
These experiences will not be simple products. They will be complex combinations of products, services, spaces, and information.
They will be the ways we get educated, the ways we are entertained, the ways we stay healthy, the ways we share and communicate.
Design thinking is a tool for imaging these experiences as well as giving them a desirable form.
Often the emotional connection to a product or an image is what engages us in the first place.
Time and again we see successful products that were not necessarily the first to market but were the first to appeal to us emotionally an d functionally.
In other words, they do the job and we love them.
The iPod was not the first MP3 player, but it was the first to be delightful.
The idea will grow ever more important in the future. As Daniel Pink writes in his book 'A Whole New Mind':
"Abundance has satisfied, and even over-satisfied, the material needs of millions - boosting the significance of beauty and emotion and accelerating individuals' search for meaning".
As more of our basic needs are met, we increasingly expect sophisticated experiences that are emotionally satisfying and meaningful.
These experiences will not be simple products. They will be complex combinations of products, services, spaces, and information.
They will be the ways we get educated, the ways we are entertained, the ways we stay healthy, the ways we share and communicate.
Design thinking is a tool for imaging these experiences as well as giving them a desirable form.
Friday, August 8, 2008
Saturday, July 26, 2008
Friday, July 25, 2008
Thursday, July 3, 2008
We must focus ... on mobile people, not mobile devices
From the BusinessWeek: Moving to the Mobile Web
Full story: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2008/id20080623_013282.htm?link_position=link15
Pre-iPhone, says Cameron Moll, principal interaction designer at LDS Church and author of the influential e-book Mobile Web Design, companies typically took one of four approaches to the mobile Web: 1) do nothing and let mobile users scroll their way around sites designed for PC viewing; 2) streamline sites by removing images and styling, making them more manageable for mobile devices; 3) use stylesheets, a tool that allows developers to create different versions of a Web site for different devices; or 4) create an entirely different second site, optimized for mobile users.
Indeed, despite the improved browsing experience the iPhone offers, the do-nothing strategy, as well as approaches two and three, still have a fundamental problem: They ignore the issue of context.
Nadav Savio, now a user experience designer at Google (GOOG), and mobile usage expert Jared Braiterman, founder of Jared Research, wrote in a 2007 paper, "we must focus… on mobile people, not mobile devices. In other words, we are not merely shrinking in size a Web experience, but creating an entirely new platform for communication and interaction."
Full story: http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jun2008/id20080623_013282.htm?link_position=link15
Monday, June 2, 2008
Outdoor BBQ
"Fresh" at Phase 2 of HK Science Park now offer All-You-Can-Eat BBQ buffet at HKD$100 ($50 for kids). Very good value consider the nice airy venue!
Publish Post
Monday, May 5, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Wall Stree...
Wall Street Institute has commissioned 富豪soft ice-cream bus as a mobile Sign Up headquarter that offers free ice-cream!
Monday, April 7, 2008
New food hall at Science Park
After many many meals of Hunan Chicken & Siu Mei rice, there is finally more food at Science Park - European, Indian, Jap + Korean .. and a bar with beer on tap!
Friday, April 4, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
福娃Lantern in Tsim Sha Tsui
I'm sure it's gonna take a while before I can remember all 5 of their names. But, the Fuwa lanterns look really nice, especially with the Clock Tower night scene.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
UX Experience from the iPhone
Great slides can often be found at SlideShare.net
Here is one:
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Here is one:
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008
WebAppCharts winners - the results are out!
Remember we talked about the voting of your favorite Web App?
Last week at FOWA Miami, the results were announced:
Last week at FOWA Miami, the results were announced:
#1 Gmail
#2 Flickr
#3 Twitter
#4 Facebook
#5 Ravelry.com
#6 WordPress
#7 Mint (haveamint.com)
#8 last.fm
#9 Basecamp
#10 Livejournal
Here is the conclusion from the organizer, good insights for us:
"It’s clear that the apps that people really are passionate about are the ones that help them to communicate and share their experiences with others...when it comes to web apps, yes utility is important - you need to somehow make people’s lives better .. we just can’t help falling in love with apps that help us communicate better."
Friday, January 11, 2008
What would you vote?
From Basecamp to Flickr, Last.fm to Dopplr - web apps have become part of our everyday online lives. But which is the most popular? Which single web app can’t you live without? We want to discover the world’s most popular web app and we need your help to do it! Vote for your favorite app and you could also win a Nintendo Wii!http://www.webappcharts.com/
Which 'single app' I can't live without? Gmail I guess ... it saves me the trouble of freeing up Inbox & makes it easy to dig up old messages. Do you know there is a 'Gmail for organization'? If it isn't too pricey, it could be quite a nice idea.
Sunday, January 6, 2008
FromEastCoast: (Copy-n-paste Edition)
We're leaving early tomorrow morning. We will be flying DFW-SFO-HKG and returning HKG-LAX-DFW. There is a possibility that we may miss our LAX-DFW connection as we only have 2.5 hours in LAX. But, there are 5 more LAX-DFW flights later that day, so I'm pretty sure we'll get home somehow.
Our upgrade request for DFW-SFO has gone through, but of course, we'll be sitting in economy for the SFO-HKG leg. 15 hours! I'm not sure if the CX flight has AVOD or not.
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