I just wrote a little bit about Don Norman{s essay http://bit.ly/67PCQU
I expose my take about the value of interaction researchers' work as
mind influencers.
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Juan Lanus




On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 09:41, Gino Rodrigues <[email protected]>wrote:

> Great reflexions, but I strongly disagree with the basic assertion.
> What gave birth to that "Technology first"? Airplane for what? Radio
> for what?
>
> A miracle? Or an accident? Well, accidents did give rise to
> technologies in the past, but none of those mentioned in the article.
> The biggest missing thing here is that no technology comes up in a
> vacuum. And the fact that the inventor did not make any research
> efforts does not prove the invention didn´t come from a real human
> need: they saw the "hidden need" with bare eyes, then a tecnological
> insight, and only then, dedicated their lives to make it.
>
> But one thing is true: the technology innovation turns something
> possible, only then the design innovations can make better use for it.
> A new technology is like a new tool in a designer´s toolbox of
> insights. So it is even clearer to me that the article draw the lines
> between technology (or possibility) and design (form and behavior).
>
> So I would dare to correct the assertion, and add "A genious´s lone
> observation and insight first", which DID come from quiet observation
> of needs, that took an audacious technical alchemist´s mind(s) to
> believe in it.
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