24 Jan 03 Fast Company Asks: What Should I Do With My Life?
“Instead of focusing on what’s next, let’s get back to what’s first. The previous era of business was defined by the question, Where’s the opportunity? I’m convinced that business success in the future starts with the question, What should I do with my life? Yes, that’s right. The most obvious and universal question on our plates as human beings is the most urgent and pragmatic approach to sustainable success in our organizations. People don’t succeed by migrating to a “hot” industry ( one word: dotcom ) or by adopting a particular career-guiding mantra ( remember “horizontal careers”? ). They thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are — and connecting that to work that they truly love ( and, in so doing, unleashing a productive and creative power that they never imagined ). Companies don’t grow because they represent a particular sector or adopt the latest management approach. They win because they engage the hearts and minds of individuals who are dedicated to answering that life question.” (article)
Tags: Career
24 Jan 03 Understanding Customer Desire in the 21st Century
There’s too much of everything: a head-spinning array of products, an eye-glazing gaggle of ads, a mind-numbing barrage of information. So what are the most desirable ways to reach your customers? Melinda Davis and her Human Desire Project have developed five answers.
Davis’s years of work have produced a trove of insights about the new sources of value in business, the new logic of consumer demand, and the future of marketing. Last fall she presented a summary of her insights in The New Culture of Desire ( Simon & Schuster, 2002 ).
Tags: User Experience
23 Jan 03 Does SBC Own the Rights to Web Tab Navigation?
Based on a patent(s) that seem to originate from Ameritech, SBC appears to be seeking royalties from Websites which use navigation tabs within a separate frame. A small web site, museumtour.com, has posted the notice and related documents on their site.
“Our website, www.museumtour.com, has recently received an patent infringement notice from SBC Intellectual Property. The letter suggests that any website which has static, linked information (top banners, menus, bottom banners) which are displayed while other sections of the page are displayed as non-static (the area where products appear on most websites) infringes upon the patents they hold.”
If I understand this correctly, it looks like Amazon.com is going to owe some hefty royalty/licensing fees. This should really prove to be a good brand building and public relations campaign for SBC.
Tags: User Experience
23 Jan 03 Does Mini-PC Mean Big Profits?
Small may be beautiful for some upstart computer makers — and for big players, too, if their scaled-down home-entertainment PCs catch on. Mini-PCs probably won’t spark the kind of booming sales that the computer makers long for and haven’t seen in several years. But this latest twist is creating opportunities, especially for small-fry manufacturers.
Tags: User Experience
22 Jan 03 GAIN Interview: On Brandology and Futures Research
Don’t miss this great interview by Gong Szeto. “Andrew Zolli was formerly a vice president at Siegelgale, a top-tier brand consulting firm. His background is in cognitive science, philosophy and computer science. He is currently working on two books, TechTV’s The Catalog of Tomorrow and In Good Company, as well as pursuing an advanced degree at the Institute for Futures Research.” The article covers some intriguing concepts including the new corporate role in culture development and the science of envisioning possible futures.
Tags: User Experience
22 Jan 03 The Year the Music Died
Not long before his sudden death from a heart attack, I saw Timothy White at a party in Boston, standing by the bar in his usual bow tie and white bucks. When he waved me over, I was delighted: Timothy was not only the editor of Billboard but a respected music critic and biographer. Even the executives he often took to task conceded, with a wince, that he understood the secretive, confusing business better than almost anyone. “How much you want to bet that the entire music industry collapses?” he asked me. “And I mean soon – like five, ten years. Kaboom!”
Tags: User Experience
22 Jan 03 Getting to the Top of an Internet Search
For businesses dealing with this issue, Internet companies have long capitalized on the frustration by selling merchants the opportunity to increase their visibility among pages of search results. Now job seekers and other individuals are being offered similar ways to raise their Web profiles � for a fee.
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20 Jan 03 New Design Research and Communication Site Launches
The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and the University of Minnesota formally launched InformeDesign, the “first centralized clearinghouse of design and human behavior research on the Web.” The free site currently contains more than 240 research summaries of findings transformed from a variety of academic journals on design and human behavior. An additional 500 research summaries will be added each year.
Tags: User Experience
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