Product management lessons based on experience I have had with Samsung Galaxy S2.
Taste and Specification
April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment
What is taste? Why should you care? Isn’t a specification enough to build a product?
Aphorisms on Graphic Design–Frank Chimero
February 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
John Maeda linked to a post by Frank Chimero via this tweet. The title of the post by Frank is rather innocuous, “What advise would you give to a graphic design student”. But I highly recommend you don’t take it at face value and head over right away and read it. Some sample quotes, if [...]
Designing for the End
February 8, 2011 By 1 Comment
Often times we value an object based on its durability. Of course aesthetics, utility and usability do play a big role, but even when all these are present, we value an object’s ability to endure contact with and usage by us. In that context I came across this post by Berg about Nike Mayfly shoes, [...]
What is Design?
December 29, 2010 By 1 Comment
Design is a loaded term, Wikipedia’s states there is actually no formal definition for design and goes on to provide a typical scientific definition, which is a fairly useless way of describing anything. Dan Saffer’s presentation on designing with technology offers two key quotes that provide a perspective on design that I found both useful [...]
Analogy as the Core of Cognition
December 9, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Since writing the post on creativity I have been trying to make some connections of my own. Something that would explain the mechanics behind creativity and perhaps the nature of the thinker too. And then it struck me, the connections that Steve Jobs was referring to as the origin of creativity is very similar to [...]
On Creativity – Steve Jobs
December 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Steve Jobs on Creativity, via Autocatalyst / Wired. Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something. It seemed obvious to them after a while. That’s because they were able to connect experiences they’ve had [...]
Elevating the Mundane by Design
December 2, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Walking meditation is one of the techniques to center one’s attention and consciously deepen awareness of the self. The idea is to walk with complete awareness of all the bodily sensations that are enjoined during the act of walking. Its quite popular with those who owe allegiance to the dharma of the Buddha. Amongst practitioners [...]
Ideation and Execution
November 30, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Better to execute one idea than to continuously ideate. There is no better litmus test for an idea than bringing it to reality.
Design vs Engineer = Apple vs Microsoft
January 12, 2010 By Leave a Comment
I have always wondered why Apple apps, especially on the iPhone, all had beautiful UI. Boy Genius completely nailed the reason in a recent blog post reviewing the Google Android. The relevant quote is below. Here’s another issue on why for the foreseeable future Android won’t be anything like what Apple or another company can [...]
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