Design Communication

Product design and development is a combination of creativity and analysis. But it depends on communication.

Michael Bremer

Conversation Techniques For Designers

Re-read this article today after thinking about how designers can use what they’re good at (visual communication) to simplify the sometimes complicated scenarios that product managers come up with.

http://uxdesign.smashingmagazine.com/2011/09/29/conversation-techniques-for-designers/

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The Anatomy of an Experience Map

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Marchtember Oneteenth

Governor Hoke?

So, I guess Brady Hoke isn’t running for President, but I bet he’d get governor of Michigan. He’s up for some Major Awards. I know I’m missing a great opportunity here to reference A Christmas Story. I’ll leave it alone.

Speaking of governor, anyone notice how much Hoke looks like Governor Chris Christie? Here’s a pic I put together.

23.5

I ordered a new case for my iPad 2. Who knows when it’ll come in. I’ve seen pretty crazy shipping complaints on their Facebook page. Hopefully it’ll be worth it. Supposedly better than the DoDo case. Who knows – guess I’ll have to wait about 6 weeks to find out. The big thing I’ve been missing from my original iPad and Apple case is a place to clip my stylus. That’s my big issue w/ the new cover for the iPad 2.

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Action

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Pablo Picasso

iPad Apps – My List

Whenever people get a new iOS device, the first thing they usually ask is “What apps should I get?” Here’s my list:

Social

Friendly

Productivity

Entertainment

Shopping

Utilities

Reading

Art/Design

Instapaper to Read it Later

I have a lot of news feeds in my Google Reader account. I use Reeder for Mac, iPhone, and iPad to view all these feeds. One thing I’ve been doing for a long time is sending articles that I didn’t have time to read at the time to my Instapaper account. Pretty nice, but since I get bored easily with a perfectly-working setup, I tried Read it Later today. I really like the Digest feature. It’s like a specially-formatted page of my items. It even categorizes the items into sections (design, news, business, etc.). So far, I love it. It is nicer looking than Instapaper.