Does Technology Make us Stupid?
June 14, 2008 at 4:05 pm | In Design, Information, Technology | Leave a CommentTags: Design, Information, Technology
CNW Group features data from a recent survey of teenage mobile phone users in Canada. The report coins the term “3rd Screen” where:
Television = 1st Screen
Computer = 2nd Screen
Mobile Phone = 3rd Screen
Within this demographic, time spent watching TV is in noticeable decline, while time spent interacting with a mobile device is rising proportionately. The 3rd screen maps well to the teenage lifestyle, i.e., highly mobile and social. Most of us California kids spent significant time gabbing on the phone with friends in our younger years. We’d have gabbed a lot more if we could have taken our phones with us.
They Say that Tech is Hard to Use
June 14, 2008 at 3:57 pm | In Complexity, Design, Strategy, Technology, Usability | Leave a CommentTags: Design, Legacy, Process, Technology
The Economist has an excellent series of articles on how difficult technology is to use. The topics covered include: complexity, ubiquitous computing, simplicity, enterprise data integration, outsourcing, web services, featuritis, anthropological research as the basis for product design, and a whole lot more.
I say, that it’s relatively easy to design a small-scale system like the iPod/iTunes when you can start with a clean slate, and your executive management understands the value of a simple and elegant design language and–more importantly–demands it.
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