All posts from
February 2005

Design as a Core Strategy

Added on 2 February 2005 Peter Bogaards
An interview with John Zapolski, national AIGA board member and expert in the design of human-centered products, systems, strategies, and decision-making structures. – “(…) a very senior person in the organization, often the CEO, implicitly ‘gets’ design, and uses those biases to orient the activities of the corporation. Steve Jobs is probably the most obviously example. While Jobs may not consider himself a designer, I don’t think he can talk about Apple for more than five minutes within mentioning design. His passion gets operationalized within the company in a number of ways: in who the company hires and promotes (‘great product people’ instead of ‘sales guys’), in which projects it chooses to invest in, in how the company talks about itself publicly. And its a self-reinforcing cycle.” (Institute of Design Strategy Conference)

Usability in E-Learning

Added on 2 February 2005 Peter Bogaards
“While a large number of organizations have adopted e-learning programs, far fewer have addressed the usability of their learning applications. More attention should be devoted to assuring the usability of e-learning applications if organizations are to fully benefit from their investments.” (Michael J. Miller – Learning Circuits) – courtesy of webword

Total Experience

Added on 1 February 2005 Peter Bogaards
“(…) a leading news and business intelligence service on technology and science that’s read by many of the sector’s top entrepreneurs, executives, funders, followers and thinkers. An information service that delivers targeted news coverage of multiple verticals via its website and email newsletters, Corante is also helping to pioneer the emergence of blogging as an influential and important form of reportage, analysis and commentary.” (Corante)