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Thank You for Sharing

Designdialogues — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 17:09:36 +0000

Michael Brenner proposes Shut Up Wednesdays, and I like this idea. We all talk too much these days. With two huge cohorts of talkers (Boomers + Millenials), “social everything,” and the general anxiety to look good when all is crashing down around us, I find myself overwhelmed by trivial chat.

Here’s the key blurb on . . . → Read More: Thank You for Sharing

First Person Design for Healthcare Innovation

Designdialogues — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 16:53:58 +0000

As I’ve continued to develop material for the Design for Care project, I’m struck by the difference between design for practice and design for individual health-seeking. In designing for practice, ethnographic research and work domain analysis enable us to understand the range of activities and scope of work performed in professional work. A rigorous analysis . . . → Read More: First Person Design for Healthcare Innovation

Hybrid Design Research Method: Roundtable Review

Designdialogues — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:37:17 +0000

[110] in the Methods You Don’t Use Yet series

Expert Roundtable Review

Problem: For a product or service inquiry, we often see the need to rapidly gather highly relevant feedback and informed opinions on a new concept. A similar problem is noted when a project team is identifying the opportunities for innovation and must conduct . . . → Read More: Hybrid Design Research Method: Roundtable Review

Experience research: Making Sense of Sensemakers?

Designdialogues — Thu, 27 May 2010 14:01:05 +0000

Consider design research – is it a discipline or no? Consider design researchers – researchers or are we really design consultants? A discipline has a body of knowledge, and a clear way of contributing to literature so that we know what we know. A real discipline has a theoretical base, and ways of using that . . . → Read More: Experience research: Making Sense of Sensemakers?

Making Sense of Sensemaking

Designdialogues — Mon, 03 May 2010 02:53:07 +0000

Dr. Brenda Dervin presented a lecture and workshop at University of Toronto’s KMDI, kicking off the Making Sense Of series led by professor Peter Pennefather, KMDI outreach director. Peter and I hosted Brenda as befitting this first session in a series of workshops on “how we make sense” in several different domains. What’s new is . . . → Read More: Making Sense of Sensemaking