Discussion Archive: January 2005

MP3 w/o a screen? -> New focus?

Hi,

Ipod shuffle seems to me to be in line with Apples take on design and
product development.
They have, since the advent of OS X, put aside the "feature and
function" frenzy
that seems to still dominate the rest of the industry. I see it as a
sign of the coming
of a more mature approach to digital product development.
Another thing with Apple is their focus on the whole.

Academic papers on the use of personas in design?

Everyone,

I've been looking for some academic literature on the use of personas
in the design process, and it seems rather thin on the ground, to say
the least. If anyone knows of any papers/journal articles regarding
personas I'd be very grateful. From what I've found most of the
material being produced is in the form of training courses for
designers!

Cheers
--Pete

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One of the great attractions of patriotism it fulfils our worst wishes.

MP3 w/o a screen?

http://www.apple.com/ipodshuffle (site feels a bit slow this morning)

So? What do people think?
1. No screen, so you can't see, select, or organize your music on the device
itself
2. barebones controls and options. Not even EQ options: shuffle on/off; hold
3. load a play list and let it roll!
4.

When to consider technology, during the design process (was RE: Re[3]: "The beginning of the end of the desktop")

I like Lada's outline.

I think another great way to work is just x-functionally.
This is something that has been working really wellf or me lately.

Design with your eye on the prize and let your developers tell you "No" for
all the possible reasons that they can say no.

What this leaves you with is the following:
1. You have communicated to your x-functional team (business, opps,
development, etc.) a vision of what is to come.

2. As Lada suggested, often designers under shoot the possibilities when we
consider technology too soon in the process.

3.