I’ve been considering ITP thesis ideas (see also “Social Tech Under the Radar“), and I keep coming back to the idea of prototyping. Based on my work with BeeMe and at Etsy, I’ve seen the value of using prototypes for product discovery and refinement. I’d like to experiment with and improve upon existing approaches: agile development, rapid [...]
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Native vs Web mobile apps
September 10th, 2009 No Comments
Lately I’ve been questioning the advantages of native mobile app development over web apps. I’m impressed with the possibilities for web apps, especially now that Javascript includes an API for geolocation (code sample). iPhone 3.0 supports the feature out of the box, and Android phones can access it via Google Gears. The major advantages I [...]
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BeeMe: “Best Product Concept” at Microsoft Design Expo ’09
July 16th, 2009 No Comments
BeeMe was awarded Best Product Concept at Microsoft Design Expo ’09, with excellent feedback and interest from the judges, participants, and audience. Thanks to everyone at Microsoft Research for making it happen, to Nancy Hechinger and the Design Expo class, an the other schools: Dundee IMD from Scotland, CMU, Art Center, CAFA from Beijing, UI [...]