I’ve never cried at a conference, but I came close today. At the closing plenary of this year’s Quantified Self Amsterdam, Buster Benson put Self Quantification into perspective. “Close your eyes,” he directed, “imagine you’re lying on a bed. It’s … Continue reading
Lists of items can be sorted and filtered, based on categorical and quantitative differences between those items. Here’s an illustrated explanation. RelatedInternationalize: Three Interface Design Guidelines for Multiple Languages Unified, Cross-Channel Ecosystems: the Next Evolution
The Discussion Last week, Jack Dorsey, the tech disruptor who co-founded and leads both Twitter and Square, wrote a blog post stating that he eschews the word user for customer, because the former “abstracts the actual individual,” while the latter “immediately suggests a … Continue reading
Child developmental science tells us that infants are equipped with the basics for social communication at birth. Newborns prefer direct eye contact and recognize their parents’ voices, as well as their own native languages. In other words, we’re “hard-coded” for conversation. It’s … Continue reading
We are giving computers more central and important roles in our lives. This is great, because it helps us to be better. We must proceed with caution though, because while we gain power, we are also losing control. Computers as our Partners … Continue reading