Personas
I had the opportunity to attend the 2008 EPIC conference in Copenhagen, Denmark last October. A hot topic there was the use of “Personas” in usability research, with the idea that it was an effective...
View ArticleAn HTS Debate
An experience I’ve been meaning to share since the end of December concerns the Human Terrain System (HTS). Dr. Henry Delcore at California State University, Fresno, invited me to act as a judge for a...
View ArticleA Rejuvenating and Inspiring Experience.
I had the opportunity to attend a youth summer camp that the company I work for (http://www.uaii.org) holds every year in Big Pine, CA. The camp is for American Indian children (ages 5 to 17 years)...
View ArticleThe Chrysler Peapod, The Reason Innovation Gets a Bad Name
I believe the time of the electric vehicle is drawing near. It makes a lot of sense: we already have the ubiquitous infrastructure for “fueling” – any electric socket -, can be recharged with renewable...
View ArticleNow Available for your Xmas giving, Chief Culture Officer by Grant McCracken!
I am pleased to let people know about a new book by fellow social science innovator, Grant McCracken. Hi book “ Culture and Consumption: New Approaches to the Symbolic Character of Consumer Goods and...
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