By Ben | Published:
January 25, 2010
Beautiful boarding pass redesigns. Be sure to view the comments as well.
Here are a few teasers from the article…
By Ben | Published:
October 27, 2009
Wow. The new Magic Mouse is beautiful.
When you look deeper, it’s another example of extreme subtraction…
No cords. No buttons.
By loosing the excess, the mouse gains functionality and capability. All of the sudden, lots of new worlds and possibilities open up. We have the capability for multi-touch and a (mostly) unrestricted canvas for rich interaction because [...]
By Ben | Published:
April 28, 2009
It’s interesting to me how much people rely on formal tools for modeling. I frequently talk to individuals that tend to assert that just because a model is made in some modeling tool (like Visio) that it is *right* or at least superior to whiteboard sketches.
The Visio fan-boys and fan-girls seem to snicker and generally [...]
By Ben | Published:
April 8, 2009
You don’t build great software by putting your users in the driver’s seat. Techniques that focus on asking users what they want in your product or asking users to “vote” on the functionality that they would like to see in your product are recipes for mediocrity.
Don’t ask your users what to build. Instead, focus on [...]
By Ben | Published:
March 20, 2009
If you are having a hard time putting together compelling presentations then a great source of inspiration is to look to Wall Wood’s 22 Panels.
The 22 panels are great inspirations for help in designing your slides to tell the visual story of your content or ideas.
Also posted in presentations |
By Ben | Published:
March 17, 2009
Is there another alarm clock radio that’s more beautiful than this?
I stayed at a hotel recently that had one of these at the bedside. In a world full of horrible hotel alarm clocks, it was a welcome change.
Usability++
Also posted in usability |
By Ben | Published:
November 14, 2008
Another great TED presentation by Tim Brown…
Video here.
Also posted in innovation |
By Ben | Published:
November 14, 2008
If you haven’t seen the work of Chris Jordan, I highly recommend taking a little while to explore his work. Lightly put, it’s amazing.
Chris combines statistics and visualizations to produce a variety of thought-provoking, insightful, and beautiful visuals.
His most recent work can be seen in Running the Numbers – An American Self-Portrait.
I’d also recommend taking [...]
Also posted in art, visualizations |
By Ben | Published:
September 16, 2007
Sometimes, it’s good to unlearn.
Think backwards, throw out your preconceived notions, forget about dependencies, and ignore your constraints.
If you search long enough, you just might find the right problem to fix. When you focus on the right problem, you might actually surprise yourself with what you can come up with.
Q-Drum solved the right problem.
The real [...]
Also posted in business, work, world |
By Ben | Published:
August 30, 2007
The quality of data visualizations (and their availability) have gone way up lately. Here are a few of my faves…
Newsmap (Google News)
Bigspy (Digg)
Arc (Digg)
Stack (Digg)
