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 LanusOn 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. > ________________________________________________________________ > 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
