Archive for September, 2009
On saying “No”
By Nina in Design, HCIdThere are (at least) two parts of my sketching process. Spit-firing all of the ideas: getting them out on paper (or dry-erase or whatever) Selecting the strong ideas from the weak ones. I need to have a lot of bad ideas before I can get to the good ones. I learned this process a few [...]
Emotional Design
By Nina in Design, HCIdDon Norman: Three ways design makes you happy This post is in reply to Kathleen’s comment on emotional design. I didn’t leave this in the comments because I thought the embedded video would get better play here. I’ve been meaning to read Norman’s book for a long while now, but here’s his TED talk. Considering [...]
Your designs are “crappy” but you have good taste
By Nina in Design, HCId, JournalismI revisit this video of Ira Glass, NPR Journalist, every couple of months. I think it’s completely natural to go through these cycles where you think I think I am just absolutely fantastic at what you do. Now, is not really one of those times. But, that’s exactly it. I (we) reach these thresholds and [...]