More don's argument. " The reason is simple. People's needs come after the technologies exist. The need for cooking came after the taming of fire (animals don't cook their meals). The need for communication devices (telegraph, telephone, radio, cellphone, internet, postal mail, email) came after the technologies made them possible. People 1000 years ago did not have a need for email, or not even for the telephone: it took the existence of technologies to make these activities possible, which then slowly determined the need. (Remember, when the telephone was first introduced, few people could conceive of why they would want it. Hotels resisted it. Etc.) "
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Melissa Cefkin <[email protected]> Date: Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 9:19 AM Subject: [anthrodesign] Norman replies to Nussbaum To: anthrodesign <[email protected]> Did this already circulate? If so, sorry for the repost. Nussbaum's critique of Norman's conclusions about design research and innovation. Followed by some interesting discussion. Including a reply by Norman himself which begins: "Sorry folks, but I think you miss the point. I too bristled at Norman's conclusion -- and I happen to be Norman." http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/NussbaumOnDesign/archives/2009/12/technology_vs_c.html I'm slightly troubled by the one-to-one correspondence between "design research" and "ethnography", here, and feel like the whole discussion, while striking some valid cords in several places, is somewhat aimed at the wrong level - design specs, vs. strategies more broadly. Best wishes for a Happy 2010! Melissa Melissa Cefkin mcefkin[at]yahoo.com or mcefkin[at]alumni.rice.edu Editor: "Ethnography and the Corporate Encounter: Reflections on Research in and of Corporations" www.berghahnbooks.com/title.php?rowtag=CefkinEthnography www.amazon.com/Ethnography-Corporate-Encounter-Corporations-Anthropology __._,_.___ Reply to sender <[email protected]?subject=norman+replies+to+nussbaum> | Reply to group <[email protected]?subject=norman+replies+to+nussbaum> Messages in this topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anthrodesign/message/8251;_ylc=X3oDMTM0aGNlY3BqBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc2NjUyMzAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNDQ5BG1zZ0lkAzgyNTEEc2VjA2Z0cgRzbGsDdnRwYwRzdGltZQMxMjYyMjIyMzcxBHRwY0lkAzgyNTE->( 1) Recent Activity: Visit Your Group<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anthrodesign;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbjJtdTBlBF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc2NjUyMzAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNDQ5BHNlYwN2dGwEc2xrA3ZnaHAEc3RpbWUDMTI2MjIyMjM3MQ--> Start a New Topic<http://groups.yahoo.com/group/anthrodesign/post;_ylc=X3oDMTJlbGc1OWJ2BF9TAzk3MzU5NzE0BGdycElkAzc2NjUyMzAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNDQ5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA250cGMEc3RpbWUDMTI2MjIyMjM3MQ--> MARKETPLACE Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green living<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14kg7sshj/M=493064.13814333.13821539.13298430/D=groups/S=1705083449:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1262229571/L=/B=3jJ_fkPDhFQ-/J=1262222371856504/K=IqDAxVTNMKdKaFxHdTdI8w/A=5922843/R=0/SIG=11ckn2mo6/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/green/> ------------------------------ Going Green: Your Yahoo! Groups resource for green living<http://us.ard.yahoo.com/SIG=14k57tvc8/M=493064.13814537.13821737.10835568/D=groups/S=1705083449:MKP1/Y=YAHOO/EXP=1262229571/L=/B=3zJ_fkPDhFQ-/J=1262222371856504/K=IqDAxVTNMKdKaFxHdTdI8w/A=5922843/R=0/SIG=11ckn2mo6/*http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/green/> [image: Yahoo! Groups]<http://groups.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTJkNHZrY2NiBF9TAzk3NDc2NTkwBGdycElkAzc2NjUyMzAEZ3Jwc3BJZAMxNzA1MDgzNDQ5BHNlYwNmdHIEc2xrA2dmcARzdGltZQMxMjYyMjIyMzcx> Switch to: Text-Only<[email protected]?subject=change+delivery+format:+Traditional>, Daily Digest<[email protected]?subject=email+delivery:+Digest>• Unsubscribe <[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> • Terms of Use <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . __,_._,___ -- @jarodtang http://designforuse.blogspot.com/ ________________________________________________________________ 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
