Wolfgang Maehr

A great piece by John Thackara on North-to-South design work. This might be more of a reminder to myself, but I hope that you also enjoy reading it. — read more ›

Interesting post by Anne Galloway on how we technologists often tend to see the inevitable progress of technological development. It can be found here. — read more ›

Thanks to teh (sic.) marketer, Seth Godin, for making me feel better. His post from 2003 – he linked to it today – inspired me to think of me as an enthusiast, instead of a non-conformist, problem-seer and pedantic snob. Thanks, it feels great to read people that understand! :D — read more ›

My – rather uneducated – feelings towards OLPC have always been ambiguous: Nice technological idea but will it be accepted. Today I found this Businessweek article by Bruce Nussbaum criticising the top-down approach of the project. It stirred a lot of discussion and only time will tell if the OLPC will make a difference. — read more ›

Just freshly from the news: Palm announces end of Foleo. Actually a shame in my opinion since I totally believe in the concept. Weall, seems like they have not enough resources. Just a shame that a new version would be based on Win… :-/

Awesome show of the power of subliminal messages and where creativity comes from. MUST SEE. — read more ›

Very interesting take on the effects of Web2.0 on The Register.

Another great post by Seth Godin. The only thing I would like to add is that it is not only true for marketeers. Anybody working has some responsibility to carry and if you cannot put your name under what you produced, you should not produce it. — read more ›

Working on my thesis explaining User Experience made me think why I often had this feeling that “amount-of-click-counting” usability professionals do not get it. Also why I prefer the title of an Interaction Designer than the one of a Usability Engineer. Eventually their goal is the same, creating a good user experience , which requires both sides. Good usability is a basic requirement since a frustrated user will not have a good experience. The interaction design is needed to influence the experience in making it fluid. As you see, it’s they are two sides of a medal. — read more ›

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