UX Lisbon 2018 – Talk Notes
I speak later today at UX Lisbon 2018, Here are my notes from the sessions so far, will update after each…
Category: design
Why Designers Hate Politics (And What To Do About It)
People who design things for a living depend on optimism. To do their job well, whether it’s designing websites or…
Are engineers more creative than designers?
On Tuesdays, I write about the top voted question on Ask Berkun (see the lovely archive). This week’s question came via email…
Notes from Mind The Product 2017
I speak later today at Mind The Product, an event about product management and design, in London. Here are my…
Notes from PPP 2017 Chicago
I spoke this morning at Prototypes, Process and Play, in Chicago about The Dance of The possible (slides, sketchnotes). Here…
What We Can Learn From The Eiffel Tower
We take great works for granted. We forget, but the fate of even our most famous ideas and creations…
Notes from Leading Design 2016
I gave the opening talk at the first Leading Design event in London, hosted by Clearleft. I spoke about…
The Real World of Technology (Book Review)
Despite our cultural obsession with new technology, we forget that the idea of new technology is old. We also…
Questions For The Next Design Revolution
(I gave the opening comments at a keynote panel on The Next Industrial Design Revolution for IDSA’s Future of…
Designers, Morality and the AK-47
Recently Mike Monteiro wrote about whether the AK-47 is worthy of study for a design student. I agree and…
5 Questions that decide if Facebook crossed the line
There are 4 points and 5 questions at the heart of the latest drama around Facebook and ethics, and…
When is it ethical to sell low quality products?
This month I’m posting every day, picking the top voted reader question and answering it. With 50 votes, today’s winner, submitted…
What designers can learn from the AK-47
Mikhail Kalashnikov, the primary inventor of the AK-47, died yesterday in Russia. His invention is possibly the most popular…
Thoughts on Death to Bullshit & Information Overload
I recently watched Brad Frost’s interesting talk Death To Bullshit (slides). He takes strong positions about information overload and…
Book Review: Designing Together
I was honored to write the forward for Dan Brown’s new book, Designing Together, because I thought it was excellent.…
Book Review: Microinteractions
They say the devil is in the details, but the angels are in there too. That is, if you…
Summary: Best Posts on Getting Feedback
I’m speaking today at An Event Apart San Diego about Feedback Without Frustration. Here’s a summary of my best…
Simple isn’t always good
[Originally published March, 2013 as The No UI debate is Rubbish, a reference to a once trendy concept that…
The Amazing Invention of Braille
While studying to write the Myths of Innovation I read hundreds of accounts of how world changing inventions were…
How to Thank a Customer
Some people just give good thanks. I bought a t-shirt online awhile ago from Sean McCabe, an artist who…