Hi Christina, Sounds like a great book, do you know the author? "Whose Body is it Anyway" returns a couple of results on Amazon. I'm guessing it is the one by Cecil Fabre? Just want to make sure I have the right one.
Thanks, Patrick On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Christina Wodtke <[email protected]>wrote: > I'm changing threads in hopes for making some people's lives better. > > Regarding Complications, I first made the connection between this excellent > collection of essays on practicing medicine and design when John Zapolski > placed "Whose Body is it Anyway" on the desks of his fellow design managers > are yahoo and suggested we read it replacing the word body with design. > Reading it, it was clear that the question of "design ownership" could be > seen through the question of treatment choices for a patient. In both cases > the doctor and the designer is the expert, but in both cases the business > owner/product manager and the patient will live wiht the consequences of > those choices. obviously it's a big difference in scale of repercussions. > Many of the essays deal with questions of practice, and design is all about > practice. > > I'd say that Better is even more about design, since it's 100% about how > can > we become better at our practices. For example, his article on the > Checklist > (also in Better) > http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/12/10/071210fa_fact_gawande > > They are also compelling books in their own right, well written and > entertaining as well as educational. > > > > On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Mike Padgett <mike.padgett at fincaso.com > >wrote: > > > Christina, > > > > At the risk of pushing the off-topic thing too far, I read Atul Gawande's > > "Complications" a couple of years ago and it was indeed excellent but I > > confess to being surprised that it might have been highly relevant to > design > > (or rather that I missed that ;-)). > > > > Would you mind elaborating just a little on that? I remember reading it > for > > general interest (at the same time as Mary Roach's marvellous "Stiff": I > > think I must have been having a mortality check) and I'm wondering now if > I > > need to take a second look! > > > > Thx, > > > > Mike > > > > ------------------- > > Mike Padgett > > www.mikepadgett.com > > ------------------- > > > > > > >Yes. Outliers is good also. If you love these, try "Better" and > > >Complications" by Gladwell's pal Atul Gawnde. HIGHLY relevant to design, > > >despite being about medicine. > > > > > >On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 4:05 PM, Angel Marquez <angel.marquez at > gmail.com > > >wrote: > > > > > >> Is 'The Tipping Point' as good as 'Blink'? > > >> > > >> On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 1:45 PM, Robert Hoekman Jr <robert at rhjr.net > > > > wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > > >> > > Wilken's Law: > > >> > > The effectiveness of research is inversely proportional to the > > >> > > thickness of its binding. > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > I couldn't agree more. In fact, Gladwell's book Blink even backs up > > this > > >> > idea. > > >> > > > >> > Back to the topic now ... > > >> > > > >> > -r- > > >> > ________________________________________________________________ > > >> > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > >> > To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > > >> > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > >> > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > >> > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > >> > > > >> ________________________________________________________________ > > >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > >> To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > > >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > >> > > >________________________________________________________________ > > >Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > >To post to this list ....... discuss at ixda.org > > >Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > >List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > >List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > Reply to this thread at ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=36909 > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > ________________________________________________________________ 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
