I found Kevin Kelly’s exploration of the world from the technology point of view as an eye opener for designers. He first talks about how powerful technology is becoming. For example, he compared the computing power of the web to the computing power of the human brain and concluded the ...  Continue Reading »

Will Odom an Associate Instructor for my HCI Design Evaluation Methods brought to students attention a 60 minutes video on the future of HCI and frustrations consumers face with lack of usability in the digital products that increasingly surround us in our daily lives. "We are becoming slaves to our own ...  Continue Reading »

Spending time in nature, playing games, reading, listening to music, admiring artwork, drawing, interacting with people… These are some of the techniques people use to initiate a “creative spark”. I do get my creative spark from most of the items on that list, but I often get my inspiration from watching ...  Continue Reading »

Today I signed up for an ANIMOTO beta account which I found thanks to David Robinson. ANIMOTO is a web application that automatically generates professionally produced videos using patent-pending technology and high-end motion design similar to the techniques used on television and film. I can forsee this application to be ...  Continue Reading »

I found this eye-opening YouTube video that originally started out as a PowerPoint presentation for a High School faculty meeting in Centennial, Colorado, United States. It has been used as a starting point for many discussions on the subject of the incredible changes that are happening due to "flat world" ...  Continue Reading »