http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/24/dan-saffer-interviewed-in-businessweek/ Adaptive Path Blog Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:08:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/24/dan-saffer-interviewed-in-businessweek/#comment-51480 Indi Young Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:42:50 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/24/dan-saffer-interviewed-in-businessweek/#comment-51480 Bravo. And: not only user/consumer needs and desires, but I'd love to see us start considering broader impacts, such as the cost of manufacturing, resource depletion/creation, pollution, additions to landfill, etc. While this largely bypasses those of us designing for a screen-based world, the image of the Crest Whitestrips at the MX Conference the other week, juxtaposed against Dell's and Jennie Winhall's focus on the environment, still has me shuddering. Sure, Crest innovated and created a new market, but at what cost? Do we really need whiter teeth, by way of adding a lot of pollution to the air and plastic to the dump? Bravo. And: not only user/consumer needs and desires, but I’d love to see us start considering broader impacts, such as the cost of manufacturing, resource depletion/creation, pollution, additions to landfill, etc. While this largely bypasses those of us designing for a screen-based world, the image of the Crest Whitestrips at the MX Conference the other week, juxtaposed against Dell’s and Jennie Winhall’s focus on the environment, still has me shuddering. Sure, Crest innovated and created a new market, but at what cost? Do we really need whiter teeth, by way of adding a lot of pollution to the air and plastic to the dump?

]]> http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/24/dan-saffer-interviewed-in-businessweek/#comment-50565 Janice Fraser Mon, 26 Feb 2007 23:15:08 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2007/02/24/dan-saffer-interviewed-in-businessweek/#comment-50565 Nicely said, Dan! Nicely said, Dan!

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