links for 2010-08-30

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PM vs UX vs Marketing

Not quite sure how I stumbled upon this deck, but it’s given me quite a lot to think about. As some people do or don’t know I’ve moved to pastures new and I’m having to take many of the things above into account.

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Once Hardware now Software

This clip reminded of how we’re seeing many hardware interfaces turn into software interfaces and interactive platforms. Hardware is becoming smaller and more simple and software is now replacing many hardware components and applications.

In 1998 I had a Pioneer and Cambridge Audio Hi-Fi separates console and now it sits in my garage, like a relic, as iTunes and two tiny Bose speakers have replaced it all. This trend of software replacing hardware is growing and as result of this the importance of specialized interaction design increases. Interaction designers, up until now, have designed for two broad mediums: desktop software and websites. As the adoption of touch screens and gestural interfaces increases, interaction designers will need to specialize and focus on specific applications, for specific communities and groups of people.

I’m pretty excited by all of this ;-)

Video via @agilemediaware

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Information Design Debate

Banking this for now. Comments to follow soon.

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links for 2010-08-15

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links for 2010-08-09

  • I like how this concept designer has utilised the iPad to provide a complimentary user experience of what's on a main screen. It reminds me of how you could use your PSP as rear view mirror for the driving games on the PS3. I can imagine using the iPad as a huge interactive control centre for my programming: split screen views during sports games, live tweets to compliment the news and homeplayer functionality on game shows.
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We work as consultants, which means we work with a lot of different companies, in a lot of different fields. But really, our common interest is in understanding people and what their needs are.

Dan Formosa – Smart Design


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Helvetica

Yes…I saw the film about the font.

Up until now I’ve been oblivious to the ubiquity of Helvetica. Having only noticed it in its pure and bold appearances, the film does a great job of passively displaying the use of Helvetica in our everyday surroundings. Bold, regular and Italic it often goes unnoticed because I think we’re becoming immune to it and its seamless way of blending into branding and communications.

I’ve recently been trying to find my own visual communication style, a style for my brand, brand Dhiren: A typeface and layout style that can become consistently recognised as my own.

Perhaps I’ll go for a serif, but will that exclude certain groups of people? The next presentation I do will be replicated be with a different typeface and layout style. The people will decide — whether it matters to me or not may well be a different story.

Will keep you posted.

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links for 2010-08-05

  • This was inevitable. Google have various conflicting social/collaboration products, which include Google Buzz and GMail. Many of the features in Wave could have been incorporated into GMail and this would have delivered a larger testing community.

    Inevitably, Google will now compete with Live (Microsoft) and Mobile Me (Apple) services. Their proactive attitude towards HTML 5, Android, Chrome and Chrome OS indicates that they will develop a hub service that seamlessly integrates user accounts and services across all operating systems.

    Fun times ahead!

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Google pop at IE

Just catching up on the Google IO conferences and this pop at Internet Explorer made smile.

It shows how the new versions of Open Source browsers will utilise HTML 5 to support desktop APIs. The support of desktop APIs will make web applications more like the desktop applications that we’re used to.

By the end of the year the majority of browsers will support all local APIs. Can you spot the browser that will not? ;-)

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