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This blog is dedicated to product design issues.

I hope this online collection of notes would prove valuable not only to me but to all students and colleagues looking to develop innovating and interesting products. This site focuses on product design, conceptual design, interaction design, interface design, and failure analysis.

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norsk_seiler

Is a executive product management professional with 15 years experience driving strategic product management and product marketing initiatives for software companies in Silicon Valley. He brings extensive experience launching successful products from start-ups to large enterprise companies like Siebel Systems and Oracle. Happily married to his wife Connie, and a compassionate father to their three young sons.


On “Why companies watch your Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move” by Weber

November 9, 2010

Weber, T. (2010). “Why companies watch your every Facebook, YouTube, Twitter move.” BBC News Online. Retrieved on October 6, 2010: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11450923 Summary: Weber makes the point that many companies are changing the way they are monitoring, interacting, and responding to social media. Although many companies have not fully encompassed the impact social media can...
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On “Keeping Kids Safe From the Wrong Dangers” by Belkin

October 21, 2010

Belkin, L. (2010). “Keeping Kids Safe From the Wrong Dangers” New York Times Online. Retrieved on October 6, 2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/weekinreview/19belkin.html?_r=1 Summary: Belkin puts the spotlight on the somewhat irrational behaviors of parents when it comes to protecting their children. With the best of intentions, they worry about kidnapping, school snipers, terrorist, dangerous strangers and...
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On “3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution” by Vance

October 15, 2010

Vance, A., (2010). “3-D Printing Spurs a Manufacturing Revolution.“ New York Times Online. Retrieved on October 6, 2010: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/technology/14print.html Summary: Vance highlights the remarkable impact and wide application 3-D printing has on a wide range of traditional and non-traditional manufacturing industries. While traditional printers print on one dimensional paper, 3-D printers create a 3-dimensional...
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Pipsqueak Articles

Memory and the Brain — Videos from Scientific American

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Scientific American did a nice little video demonstrating where in the brain information is processed and remembered. And here’s one that explains perception and...
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Special Preview: Activity Theory

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Special Preview: Activity Theory

Once again, we get an early preview of the next chapter of Interaction-Design.org textbook: Activity Theory. The author of the chapter, Victor Kaptelinin, did...
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Information in the Age of ICT: the Guardian Newspaper 3 Little Pigs Ad

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The 2012 Guardian newspaper ad really captures the flow of information in the age of ICT (Information Communication Technologies). The ad retells the story...
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McGurk Effect — Synesthesia in Action

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McGurk Effect is synesthesia in action. The sounds you hear depend on the visual information you’re getting through your senses! This is an amazing...
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Special Preview: Disruptive Innovation

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Special Preview: Disruptive Innovation

Interaction-Design.org The folks from Interaction-Design.org have just completed their newest chapter: “Disruptive Innovation” by Clayton M. Christensen. This chapter is an excerpt from Dr....
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US Rio+2.0 Speed Geeking Session

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US Rio+2.0 Speed Geeking Session

So I’ve learned a new word: Speed Geeking. It’s like speed dating but for geeks to quickly present their ideas to a small group....
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US Rio+2.0 Breakout Session on Environmental & Conservation Education

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Below are the notes from the US Rio+2.0 conference hosted at Stanford last week. The notes are from the Education: Environment and Conservation breakout...
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Design Variables