Things I’ve seen and observed.

I Wore Glass

Last week I discovered that we had a pair at work so I went and tried them out today. It was my first time so lots of fumbling as usual first times go. But first impressions always count. And you…

What’s up with Google Search on Mobile?

Seen below Google has three different search experiences on my iPhone and I’m not sure which result to trust. I’m torn between choosing Thai Select, Aceluck, or Pongsri. I’m certainly not going to go to menupages.com because that isn’t a…

Presence

Mobile applications sort themselves out into various categories – but nearly all have one desire in common – they’d like to engage you. Please. Preferably in a manner that will have you coming back for more. But most applications fail…

Entrepreneurialism – from a cultural point of view

I sent along my post in response to Friedman’s article to a close friend who works for the world’s largest NGO. He’s an economist and has been trying to instill the spirit and practice of entrepreneurialism both within his organization…

Is Growth Hacking Nonsense?

I had to jump in. This is my contribution to this () discussion on Quora; I walked into a talk a few months ago here in New York where a self-proclaimed growth hacker gave his spiel about the practice. The room was…

Towards a Unified Theory of Interaction Design

Mind map of my current thinking on understanding experience design across a variety of disciplines. Click to launch the PDF version with embedded links. Towards a Unified Theory of Interaction Design  

“Marketing is for companies with sucky products”

Fred Wilson’s post here() on marketing prompted me to give some thought to the changing nature of marketing and advertising in this interconnected world. The post started quite the firestorm and nice to see that Fred had a quick riposte…