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The Un-Remote

Jun 22, 2010

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in Business, Design, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Technology, The Future, TV & Movies, User Experience Design, Web

One of the iPad apps that most people think is inevitable is some kind of remote control for home entertainment systems, but I think the conventional wisdom on this isn’t thinking big enough because we just can’t shake the idea of a “remote controller”. The basic idea is that you’d throw away all your remote…

For Sale: Fitbit. Like New.

Mar 7, 2010

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Christopher Fahey

in Business, Cycling & Running, Design, Information Architecture, Information Design, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Personal, Reviews, Technology, The Future, User Experience Design

After waiting six months on a pre-order waiting list, I finally got my Fitbit two months ago. I was really looking forward to it — as a big fan of the Nike+ running tracking system, I was excited about Fitbit’s promise to not only track my running and walking, but to track my sleep patterns…

Pedia Tricks

Sep 2, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Design, Information Architecture, Language, Reviews, Social Interaction, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

What is interesting about Wikipedia? I’ll give you a hint: It’s not how it it is made. A “wiki” is a content source powered (in general, completely powered) by social software technology, with people collectively creating and refining the content. The online encyclopedia Wikipedia is the quintessential wiki — while there are other major wikis,…

Please vote for my SXSW panels!

Aug 22, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Business, Design, graphpaper.com, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Personal, Reviews, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

I’ve submitted two talks for the 2010 SXSW Interactive conference. As you might know, SXSW’s selection process includes a period of public review to gauge general interest in the panels submitted (they call them “panels” even though many of the submissions, including my own, are single-speaker sessions). I would be deeply grateful if you, gentle…

Idea: Multifocus Photography

Aug 21, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Interaction Design, Interface Design, Technology, User Experience Design

Here’s an awesome idea for the camera industry. Like most of my seemingly awesome ideas, someone else has probably already thought of it (UPDATE: someone has already thought of it, sort of… skip to the bottom of this post). But just in case it’s at all novel, I offer it up for public review: Yesterday…

Social Media Charm School

Aug 10, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Branding and Marketing, Interaction Design, Social Interaction, Technology, User Experience Design, Web

When it comes to social media, it is easy to be dazzled by big numbers and strong opinions. But often what is really needed isn’t a comprehensive strategy with metrics and targets, but a charming and intelligent human personality. The majority of people who today call themselves social media experts, even the legitimate ones who…

Apple in Stereo

Jul 20, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Design, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Reviews, Technology, User Experience Design

Apple is famous for their minimalist aesthetic, and infamous for occasionally taking the aesthetic too far and sacrificing usability. There’s the famous round mouse for the original iMac. There’s the symmetrical third-generation iPod remote control whose identical volume and previous/next buttons are impossible to distinguish. While not as egregious as the previous examples, Apple’s iPod…

Who Watches the Watchman?

May 2, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Design, History, Interaction Design, Interface Design, Science, Social Interaction, Technology, User Experience Design

Let’s say you own a big building full of valuable stuff. How do you make sure that the night watchman patrolling your factory floor or museum galleries after closing time actually makes his rounds? How do you know he’s inspecting every hallway, floor, and stairwell in the facility? How do you know he (or she)…

Web 2.0 Incomplete

Mar 25, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Business, Design, graphpaper.com, Information Architecture, Information Design, Interface Design, Reviews, Social Interaction, Technology, The Future, User Experience Design, Web

Two weeks ago, BusinessWeek’s next Design and Innovation blog asked for my thoughts on this month’s Facebook home page redesign, as a kind of follow-up to my thoughts in those same virtual pages a year ago. I was asked to opine on the new design without having viewed the actual live site, which was launching…

Are We Designing Interactions or Designing Software?

Feb 11, 2009

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Christopher Fahey

in Design, History, Information Architecture, Information Design, Interface Design, Reviews, Technology, The Future, User Experience Design, Web

One of the problems faced by designers trying to integrate their work with most software development processes, even (or possibly especially) with Agile development, is that the literature makes no distinction between software development and software design, or at least no distinction that makes any sense to dedicated user experience designers. The common complaint among…

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