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Notable Reads for 31 May 🔗
Finding and synthesizing readings when the months slow down into heat of summer tends to be a little difficult. Not because there’s not as much value in what’s generated or shared, but because the connections become less apparent. The challenge isn’t challenging — however, there is no easy fit. Designing structures to understand associations is a bit of a kennel’s game — sure, you can put a wrapper around items, but that doesn’t mean it matters to more than the one doing the wrapping. Continue reading →
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Flashback: June ‘18
June of last year (2018) was an interesting month. Felt like there was a shift which needed to be taken with the content here and at the same time, the way summer happens, a lot of activity slows down. So, instead of productivity for others, effort was into setting up the summer/fall output to come. Musings Experience Last Notes As Art Exploring Digital Humanism Tools On Deck: Adobe Comp CC Concepts/Past Projects Continue reading →
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Innovation by Enterprise’s Need
Deftly turning a large ship with a whisper With some clients, the topic of organizational change comes up very often. This is usually because the work with this client involves taking multiple teams and putting them on the same level as it relates to utilizing a specific software platform. This vantage point offers an ability to see what innovation will look like for an enterprise, but also how hard it is to move in enterprise in a new direction after they have done something for so long. Continue reading →
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Notable Reads for 24 May 🔗
Writing a forward for an upcoming book and was impressed to think about the contexts of love, lust, and loss. Sounds complicated and a bit obscure to ventures somewhat bracketed around technology and its changes. But, it makes good sense to think about how these tools and behaviors effect what is appreciated, gained, or denied because of those tools/behaviors. Perhaps these links which have stuck out from the past seven days knit around a similar theme for you as well. Continue reading →
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Notable Reads for 18 May 🔗
There is a hashtag-day holiday almost every day it seems. Sometimes, these days seem nothing more than the commercialization of an ego. Othertimes, it seems to draw attention to the kinds of concerns which seem to fall swiftly under the covers of day-to-day life. Such is the weirdness of today’s #BikeToWorkDay — at least here in the auto-centric USA, this day has become something of a trumpet for those who enjoy cycling, but can’t seem to break from the constraints of needing to drive to work or dress/appear productive even when they want to ascribe to fit/affluence/etc. Continue reading →
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Flashback: May 2018 🔗
Last week was a flashback to the posts shared last year (April 2018). For this week, it’s a look at what was shared a month later, May ‘18. Perspectives & Concepts Living in A Future Present From Mundane to Tactile The Features Trap Concept: SmartTrip Transit App for Apple Watch Educating Shaping Working Concept: Tymbals Risk Assessment Tool Notable Reads Links for 4 May Links for 11 May Links for 18 May Links for 25 May Continue reading →
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Efficiency and Sufficiency
There’s a pattern to each week here. The long-post to start the week is both summary and launching. Then something in the middle of the week — a concept or a flashback. Then the close of the week where items of the week’s interest are shared (and those following via the site/Microblog see a bit more throughout the weekend). It’s not all that efficient for creating, but it is sufficient for the type of things created. Continue reading →
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Notable Reads for 10 May 🔗
Perhaps it is more about paying attention to what matters for most people. What matters are the smaller bits. The digestible bits. What effects me today? What is the friction I can respond to which affects me/my family? The wider view is a harder one. It means you either are forgetting what’s in front of your nose for what’s in front of your feet; or that you are fully taken care of in those more immediate cares, willing to look at the macro-view towards how it will effect you. Continue reading →
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Flashback to April 18
Flashbacks to what talked about on the site a year ago: Long-Form Thoughts Paying Attention Conversatoins On Creating New Textiles Cutting New Roads NACTO Guidelines Algorithmic Impact Assessment Framework Current vs Currents Wearables, UI, and Forward-Reaching Activities Move Fast and Shape Things Notable Links Links for 6 April Links for 13 April Links for 20 April Links for 27 April Continue reading →
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Tooling Between Communicating & Designing
Wondering why design tools have been reluctant to evolve Conversations about design methods and software often bracket the week. If it isn’t another software/service, it’s a design system or a shift in a large/influential company’s motivations which sparks things. And it’s not a bad thing. Design is the language of making something functional and addressable for someone else. When it works well, it should be applauded. When it fails, it should also be elevated as lessons to build from. Continue reading →
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