Postcards from the Bleeding Edge
Wonderfully funny story posted by Mike on Postcards. A serious point is the one of over complication in the marketing / design /product development arena. It reminds me of the Swiss Army pen knife approach to products rather than designing a product to suit its function. (Perhaps Jack of All trades and Master of none). It is also a striking difference between consumer electronics and PC manufacturers. One approaches things from the idea that lets make it as easy as possible but we know this has a short shelf life and we'll bring out a new model soon, to make it do everything, make it complicated and sell it on numbers not on what it does or how to use it!
Really must read Don Norman's The Invisible Computer
Posted by Paul Goodison at September 2, 2003 11:57 PM | TrackBack