I like part of the response here which is a mix of Bruce Nussbaum's and Mark Vanderbeeken's: http://www.experientia.com/blog/what-happens-when-the-100-laptop-actually-gets-used/
I think it is a great example of designing a bridge instead of designing 'a way to cross the river or chasm'. The tool itself is "great" (arguably), but it doesn't necessarily fit the entire eco-system. Now the other question you've asked is if the separation of developed vs. developing industrial peoples is a viable and important split. This is where Mark's response is so important. He stresses that one of the failings is the top-down approach of the project, which is "designing for" as he puts it, but what is most important when trying to design outside of your own culture (any axis) is that you be sure to include those you are designing for, and turn the design process into "designing with". At Motorola Enterprise Mobility we have made "designing with" the core premise behind our design process using field research and field validation processes of design research at many iterative steps in the total design process so that we engage those we are designing for, so instead we are designing with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=23456 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
