Signposts for the Week Ending September 26, 2008
by Adaptive PathIt was a huge week for mobile innovation: Google launched Android, an open-source mobile software platform. At the same time, T-Mobile released the G1, the first phone to use it. Here’s five reasons to be really excited, plus five reasons not to be. Looking into the future, Android also has some cool implications for the consumer electronics industry.
Jared Spool talks about the elements, techniques and outcomes of a well-done critique.
John Hagel weighs in on unbundling Dell’s business model.
Our friends and former colleagues over at Small Batch, Inc. launched election.twitter.com and plan to add more features as November 4th draws closer.
We loved seeing Dan Roam talk (and draw!) about the power of pictures, and his blog has lots more inspirational examples.
Persuading someone over email might actually work better than pursuading them in person, depending on your gender and relationship
Brian Oakes designed the engaging information graphics in I.O.U.S.A., a documentary on the US national debt.
How can you follow your RSS feeds without a feeling of obligation and accumulation? Zenhabits recommend super-simple Rososo.
New York City’s got some lovely new subway grates, designed to minimize flooding.
The David Rumsey Map Collection has hundreds of high-resolution historic maps to check out.
Portugese, Czech, Danish: Experience Design terminology in other languages.
Fun and inspirational itself, Wreck This Journal totally reminds us of Brian Dettmer’s Book Autopsies.
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September 30th, 2008 at 9:22 am
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