I acquired two new books yesterday afternoon. Hooked and Designing for Behavior Change. These are the first books on designing for change I’ve purchased since landing on
Scientific Management | Quantified Self
In Frederick Taylor and the quantified self (a blog post), Nicholas Carr basically pins on the Quantified Self the revitalization of Frederick Taylor‘s scientific management
Some Thoughts About Design
I’ve been thinking about a question put forth by people smarter than me about Design. John Heskett articulates it best: [Why has design] never cohered
Quantification and Goal Setting
Preface: I wrote this in an email exchange in early January, and the idea is still bouncing around my noggin. I’d love to get a
Some Thoughts on Purpose
I’ve been skimming a wonderful article written by Per Galle called Philosophy of Design: An Editorial Introduction. You can find it in Design Issues Volume
On Writing Papers
In the interest of writing more posts, I’m going to try constraining myself to just a few hundred words or less for each entry. We’re
