Both Nielsen Norman Group and Cooper list "visioneering" as a service. Does Disney know about that?
"Visioneering is a systematic approach to creatively develop directions for future Web services and designs. "
"Visioneering
Whether you want to know how people will apply your technology, or what technology you need to develop to achieve customer goals, Cooper's Visioneering services help you plan for future opportunities."
I get a fair amount of mail from my cute little feedback forms, and every so often there are some odd ones.
"is there a way to find out the ip address of a machine whose user u are chatting with in a website?"
"hello,
I´m looking for gsm-sim-hacksn i wants to hack me in my own things so i will have money for my mobile with my cardwriter . i can do my sim-card in my writer thani must have a write software for the sim- card . please can you look for my software look you are a profesor and i´m a boy (12) from germaniso it must be a software it makes money to my card . i must do :
so i must make the small sim card in the big kart.
so please help me !!! "
Because I am not a hacker (nor a professor!) I can't help these poor souls. If you would like to post the answers to their questions as a comment, I'll happily email them and tell them to take a gander.
for those who haven't figured it out:
I am an Information Architect and User Researcher. I can barely edit Perl to change the background color of greymatter, much less hack anything. When it comes to hacks, I have more in common with Raymond Chandler than Kevin Mitnick.
I can even capitalize if the situation calls for it.
Try astalavista...
originally sent Tuesday june 26th, archived today
Ever wake up and think: "what would my 16 year old self think of my current life?"
great presentation on the use of walls in the creative process. mark Rettig manages to marry the theoretical with the pragmatic as only he can do. My favorite part is when he explains how to keep whiteboards white -- move over Heloise!
The heart of IA is in planning a site.
Meanwhile the conversation on defining IA ranges on, both on my site and off
(scroll down to Wednesday the 20th)
Digiweb magazine this month is all about the importance of simplicity in design
Steve Krug interviewed on webword, and he is charming and interesting as ever
Good conversation happening on my site about the useit.com usability analysis
Socks and shorts: don't do it
delights me, in the way only small things can.
my sis wrote an amazing post on fear of cancer. very human.
"Intercourse is far too dangerous for the layman to participate in. We all enjoy a visit to the circus, but that doesn't mean we should get into the cage with the tiger! Like skydiving or high-wire walking, sex is something best left for trained performers - professionals who have honed and surgically altered their bodies for use in the pornographic arts."
"a compilation of excerpts from Nathan Shedroff's Experience Design."
How It Works: Online Maps for Here, There and Everywhere
be sure to click the "multimedia" show for how it works. I love this series,
but I love info design and explanations in general.
Color Systems at the color museum (via christung.com)
Sapient's got a lovely new redesign for their site
Usability Analysis of UseIt.com
While I was away in France, pop-unders took over the web.