Monthly Archives: July 2007

Naturalism vs. explicitness

By Oliver Wrede | Published: July 14, 2007
There constantly is a discussion about making the computer feel more “natural” to the user. I do think that this approach led to the graphical user interface we are all used to today and it is philosophically the right approach to deal with technology. But I also do believe technology is not yet ready to [...]
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Tinderbox 3.6.3

By Oliver Wrede | Published: July 14, 2007
One of the tools I love to use is Tinderbox. The homepage says: “Tinderbox is a personal content assistant that helps you organize, analyze, and share your notes.” I just downloaded the latest beta version (3.6.3 b17) and found that it has a list of improvements that push it forward again. If you never heard [...]
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Design podcasts

By Oliver Wrede | Published: July 8, 2007
As there are more and more programs offering podcasts I think there is more interesting content appearing in this subscription format that is interesting for design: DESIGNsuisseA german/swiss language series from swiss television mostly with portraits about designers and/or design agencies. These are spotlights about design processes and help to demystify design as a service [...]
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6 billion Others

By Oliver Wrede | Published: July 4, 2007
This is a very nice project by Yann-Arthus Bertrand that shows video portraits of 6000 randomly picked people in 65 countires that are talking about personal things.
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