Wall Street Journel: Christopher Lawton, 27 October 2011 Nokia targets the “next billion” users
What’s the difference between a smartphone and a feature phone? According to Mary McDowell, who is leading Nokia’s feature phone charge in emerging markets, it’s the fact that software applications can be written to run natively on the operating system. It’s a definition that average consumers likely don’t care about. Read More
FastCo: April Rabkin, January 9, 2012 China's Corporate Culture
Three top Chinese tech companies -Alibaba, Baidu & YouKu - are remaking the country's moribund, hierarchical corporate culture with an injection of new ideas from the West. Read More
Asymco: Horace Dediu, 12 December 2011 Hiding in plain sight
Guessing the next Apple product has become the parlor game of choice for a whole generation of technology journalists and analysts. The premise of the game is that given a track record of breakthrough products, there is always another one just around the corner. Being the one to predict this next breakthrough product creates credibility and demonstrates the domain knowledge of the predictor. If the prediction fails to materialize there is consolation in dismissing the actual announced product as disappointing, unsophisticated or, worst of all, uninteresting.Read More
Harvard Business Review: Jeff Stibel, 9 December 2011 'Why I hire people who fail'
"If you're not failing every now and then, you're probably not advancing. Mistakes are the predecessors to both innovation and success, so it is important to celebrate mistakes as a central component of any culture. This kind of culture can only be created by example — it won't work if it's forced or contrived. A lively culture is nebulous, indefinable, ever-changing".Read More
News: Helohelo, 18 December 2010 Chinese type design
"It’s always hard to find nice modern Chinese fonts. That’s why I was so happy, when I stumbled upon a website of Beijing based typographic designer Ding Yi (丁一) and his company Redesign. I must confess it’s the cleanest, the most nicely designed Chinese website I’ve seen." Read More
UX Magazinw: Susan Weinschenk,19 May 2010 The psychologist’s view of UI design
"People will do the least amount of work possible to get a task done.
It's better to show people a little bit of information and let them choose if they want more details". Read More
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OneByOne This is a personal folio & methodology website. The intention is to demonstrate non commercial projects & share a point of view on product design. My career focus has been building connected products & services. How to build & manage the culture that leads to competitive innovation & great experiences.READ MORE
