Archive for 'Ethanography' Category
SlideShare
13 August 2007I have visited slideshare quite a few times in the past, but really didn’t capture it’s full potential until today. I was originally linked into this presentation on “Death by Powepoint” by Alexi Kapterev.
I then looked at the associated links ala youtube style. It was interesting to see the wealth of […]
Amy Smith on TedTalks- Design that saves lives
25 July 2007I was reading over at endless innovation this post which points to a presentation by Amy Smith at TED.
I found the presentation to be quite refreshing and eye-opening. She specializes in designing solutions for the other 90% of the world. Engineering solutions to common, but life-threatening problems in developing countries. Highlighted […]
Innovation Tool- Google Image Ripper
22 March 2007This is pretty simple but at the same time quite stimulating. I ran across this app that looks to be a front-end for images.google.com. It is called the “Google Image Ripper“.
I am not sure of the original motivation for building it but I find it fabulous for random association generation. For example search for a […]
Empathy - Dirty Word or Key to New Products?
15 March 2007Jeffrey Phillips has a story on his blog “Innovate on Purpose” entitled “The Empathy Gap”. It basically starts by talking about what one politician calls the Empathy Gap.
One idea in particular caught my attention - his concept of the empathy gap. “The Politician” suggested that there was an empathy gap - […]