Comments for Web Design, Graphic Design, Brand Identity, User Experience, Usability http://weaverdigital.com Weaver Digital Tue, 24 May 2011 13:42:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on Design Pairing and Solitude by Russell Bishop http://weaverdigital.com/2011/05/design-pairing-and-solitude/#comment-45 Russell Bishop Tue, 24 May 2011 13:42:52 +0000 http://weaverdigital.com/?p=788#comment-45 "Here misunderstandings may occur, as your conversant has to guess at what you mean and form their own image of the idea you are expressing. Differences in how two people envision a shared idea can lead to wonderful new ideas as the gap between the two is discovered and explored. However, under a high pressure work environment the danger is that an idea may get shot down without being given a fair trial, because it is not correctly understood." I think actually Samuel addressed this point quite well with his idea for "Drive For 5" (note: I saw this presentation at FOWD London). He expressed that when such a scenario occurs where part of the pair feels the need to flesh out an idea and run with it for a while, they're given the opportunity to run with it "for 5" and explore their thinking. May just be my interpretation though! “Here misunderstandings may occur, as your conversant has to guess at what you mean and form their own image of the idea you are expressing. Differences in how two people envision a shared idea can lead to wonderful new ideas as the gap between the two is discovered and explored. However, under a high pressure work environment the danger is that an idea may get shot down without being given a fair trial, because it is not correctly understood.”

I think actually Samuel addressed this point quite well with his idea for “Drive For 5″ (note: I saw this presentation at FOWD London).

He expressed that when such a scenario occurs where part of the pair feels the need to flesh out an idea and run with it for a while, they’re given the opportunity to run with it “for 5″ and explore their thinking.

May just be my interpretation though!

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]]> Comment on The Search goes on by Wendy Harvey http://weaverdigital.com/2011/01/the-search-goes-on/#comment-26 Wendy Harvey Wed, 19 Jan 2011 13:15:14 +0000 http://weaver-wp.weavertest.com/?p=551#comment-26 I enjoyed reading this, though in a 'not-in-depth kind of way as some of the techno aspects are a bit beyond me. The partial disillusion with what we can expect computers to do is quite encouraging to me as your mum, who has often wondered whether it's a good thing for you to be spending quite so much time plugged in to your various devices! I like your conclusion that this does make us value actual face-to-face interaction and listening even more, though still maintaining great respect for the truly amazing information source that the Internet can be. (I am forever indebted for Google answering my query about engine cut-out in my VW Golf by throwing up sites and chat-rooms of intensive discussion about just this, resulting in me solving the problem by buying an obscure replacement part - a Relay 109 - which cured the problem and avoided me having to scrap the car.) Anyway my main response to your piece is 'what a clever chap my son is' and waves of maternal appreciation....Love Wendy I enjoyed reading this, though in a ‘not-in-depth kind of way as some of the techno aspects are a bit beyond me. The partial disillusion with what we can expect computers to do is quite encouraging to me as your mum, who has often wondered whether it’s a good thing for you to be spending quite so much time plugged in to your various devices! I like your conclusion that this does make us value actual face-to-face interaction and listening even more, though still maintaining great respect for the truly amazing information source that the Internet can be. (I am forever indebted for Google answering my query about engine cut-out in my VW Golf by throwing up sites and chat-rooms of intensive discussion about just this, resulting in me solving the problem by buying an obscure replacement part – a Relay 109 – which cured the problem and avoided me having to scrap the car.)
Anyway my main response to your piece is ‘what a clever chap my son is’ and waves of maternal appreciation….Love Wendy

]]> Comment on The Search goes on by admin http://weaverdigital.com/2011/01/the-search-goes-on/#comment-25 admin Wed, 19 Jan 2011 09:37:40 +0000 http://weaver-wp.weavertest.com/?p=551#comment-25 Great to hear from you, Fen, and thanks for the thoughtful comments and links. You were precient indeed to be pondering some of these issues and potentials 30 years ago! Great to hear from you, Fen, and thanks for the thoughtful comments and links. You were precient indeed to be pondering some of these issues and potentials 30 years ago!

]]> Comment on The Search goes on by Fen Labalme http://weaverdigital.com/2011/01/the-search-goes-on/#comment-24 Fen Labalme Tue, 18 Jan 2011 23:29:27 +0000 http://weaver-wp.weavertest.com/?p=551#comment-24 Luke - Great new look and direction for 2011, and I love this initial post which caused me to dig up my thesis introduction (turning 30 this year) which discusses some of the same points though in an obviously less-connected context: http://www.broadcatch.com/NewsPeek_intro.html What we need first is for people to realize the value of their personal information: as blue_beetle tweeted last year: "if you're not paying for something, you're not the customer; you're the product being sold". And conversely, we need corporations to realize that owning personal data is a liability due first and foremost to basic data management issues such as the need to keep it accurate not to mention secure from unwanted eyes. When people own their own data (I'd like to see this codified as a basic right), have the ability to share it through safe, cryptographic means, and are able to protect their identity when and how desired, they can begin building cross-community social capital from their actions and words. Add to this personal, context-sensitive "reputation calculation engines" that enable one to easily keep track of who they agree/disagree within or across subject domains, and the ability to share one's reputation calculations with others (again, maintaining whatever level of privacy they desire, see http://www.openprivacy.org/papers/200103-white.htm) we'll have the social basis for a smart search engine you envision. This latter paper is now 10 years old (and was much too marketplace-specific: please substitute "information consumers" for "marketers") but we still appear to be far away from the goal of searching through the ever-growing incoming data stream with truly personalized filters, because 1) such filters take time to evolve and there are no accepted standards for sharing, 2) placing such personal data online is still fraught with security and privacy dangers, and 3) there simply isn't any financial incentives to do it right (yet), even though one could argue that the financial gains far outweigh the intial costs of implementation (see e.g., http://fen.net/blog/2003/07/10/identity-value-propositions). Well, this has been an enjoyable jaunt through memory lane for me: hope I didn't derail your topic with my musings. Luke -

Great new look and direction for 2011, and I love this initial post which caused me to dig up my thesis introduction (turning 30 this year) which discusses some of the same points though in an obviously less-connected context: http://www.broadcatch.com/NewsPeek_intro.html

What we need first is for people to realize the value of their personal information: as blue_beetle tweeted last year: “if you’re not paying for something, you’re not the customer; you’re the product being sold”. And conversely, we need corporations to realize that owning personal data is a liability due first and foremost to basic data management issues such as the need to keep it accurate not to mention secure from unwanted eyes.

When people own their own data (I’d like to see this codified as a basic right), have the ability to share it through safe, cryptographic means, and are able to protect their identity when and how desired, they can begin building cross-community social capital from their actions and words. Add to this personal, context-sensitive “reputation calculation engines” that enable one to easily keep track of who they agree/disagree within or across subject domains, and the ability to share one’s reputation calculations with others (again, maintaining whatever level of privacy they desire, see http://www.openprivacy.org/papers/200103-white.htm) we’ll have the social basis for a smart search engine you envision.

This latter paper is now 10 years old (and was much too marketplace-specific: please substitute “information consumers” for “marketers”) but we still appear to be far away from the goal of searching through the ever-growing incoming data stream with truly personalized filters, because 1) such filters take time to evolve and there are no accepted standards for sharing, 2) placing such personal data online is still fraught with security and privacy dangers, and 3) there simply isn’t any financial incentives to do it right (yet), even though one could argue that the financial gains far outweigh the intial costs of implementation (see e.g., http://fen.net/blog/2003/07/10/identity-value-propositions).

Well, this has been an enjoyable jaunt through memory lane for me: hope I didn’t derail your topic with my musings.

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