Designing for Outcomes

Jon LaxMay 154

How often, when you begin an assignment, do you have a clear understanding of what outcomes are desired by your client? An outcome is different than a deliverable. An outcome is the impact, benefit or change that is desired. A deliverable is a product of work.

In this video, Dean Kamen, talks about his work on an amazing prosthetic device designed for injured soliders.

What struck me was that when DARPA shows up at his door they ask for three specific outcomes:

1) The solider must be able to pick up a grape without crushing it.
2) The soldier must be able to pick up a raison without dropping it.
3) The soldier must be able to do this in 2 years.

There were no requirements for a specific technology, materials, process or staffing. There were some requirements for success (i,e, self contained, fit a 50th percentile female frame etc.) But these three outcomes shape the deliverables.

All too often we focus on deliverables rather than outcomes when we design. Clients are quick to specifically request what they want delivered rather than the outcomes they need. We need to setup clear outcomes up front and then let the design process define the deliverables.

Categories: T

View the Original article

iPhone Sketch Elements AI

The iPhone GUI PSD has been very helpful for designers / developers in mocking up their apps, although in some cases it’s proved a little too high-fidelity. For rapid prototyping we found we needed a more malleable approach. This is when we turn to the . This collection of common iPhone elements in a sketch – like style allows us to easily and quickly mock up flows of custom wireframe screens.

Below is a quick example using YouTube of how we are using this quick sketch style to present flows to clients.

View the Original article

iphone

Poll: Will you buy an iPad?

Poll: Will you buy an iPad?

Techland Top 5, - IPAD

How to email multiple photos – iPhone 101 series

How to email multiple photos – iPhone 101 series

Press Release
CUPERTINO, California—May 7, 2010—Apple® today announced that iPad™ will be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, Switzerland and the UK on Friday, May 28. Customers can pre-order all iPad models from Apple’s online store in all nine countries beginning on Monday, May 10. In the US, Apple has already sold over one million iPads and customers have downloaded over 12 million apps from the App Store, as well as over 1.5 million ebooks from the new iBookstore.


iPad allows users to connect with their apps and content in a more intimate, intuitive and fun way than ever before. Users can browse the web, read and send email, enjoy and share photos, watch HD videos, listen to music, play games, read ebooks and much more, all using iPad’s revolutionary Multi-Touch™ user interface. iPad is 0.5 inches thin and weighs just 1.5 pounds—thinner and lighter than any laptop or netbook—and delivers up to 10 hours of battery life.*

The App Store on iPad lets you wirelessly browse, buy and download new apps from the world’s largest app store. iPad includes 12 new innovative apps designed especially for iPad and will run almost all of the more than 200,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for your iPhone® or iPod touch®. Developers have created more than 5,000 exciting new apps designed for iPad that take advantage of its Multi-Touch interface, large screen and high-quality graphics.

Pricing & Availability
Apple plans to release iPad in Austria, Belgium, Hong Kong, Ireland, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand and Singapore in July. Apple will announce availability, local pricing and pre-order plans for these nine additional countries at a later date.



*Battery life depends on device settings, usage and other factors. Actual results vary.



Apple ignited the personal computer revolution with the Apple II, then reinvented the personal computer with the Macintosh. Apple continues to lead the industry with its award-winning computers, OS X operating system, and iLife, iWork and professional applications. Apple leads the digital music revolution with its iPods and iTunes online store, has reinvented the mobile phone with its revolutionary iPhone and App Store, and has recently introduced its magical iPad which is defining the future of mobile media and computing devices.

Maxwell Shay wrote a very good tutorial on how to mount an external hard drive to a jailbroken iPad. I haven’t tried it myself but I wanted to share the info with you as I think it’s a pretty nice accomplishment.

Yes, you read it right, you can mount an external hard drive on your iPad. This hack isn’t the easiest one to perform but it’s not very complicated either. If you know your way around Terminal, SSH and the likes, you should be fine.

Nokia cellular phones, most wanted cellular phones

Nokia cellular phones, most wanted cellular phones


Nokia being a finish firm is surprisingly gaining 20% cellular phone penetration in the United States. This success is due to the two major business concentration of the company. The two business concentrations are Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone network infrastructure. Those two make up 90% of Nokia’s revenue. The company gains this success because of their commitment to quality, and their quest to provide consumers with innovative design Nokia cellular phones.

Nokia is narrowly focusing on Nokia cellular phone and cellular phone infrastructure because the company sees significant growth potential in the mobile telephone industry. Nokia is poised on giving landline telephony greater challenge in the coming years. It has started and is fast becoming a threat. Although admittedly, among the three major players in the United States mobile phone industry, Nokia, with its Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure’s, can fulfill this goal because of their strong commitment to revolutionize the bile phone industry. Bigger may be the other players but Nokia’s focus on cutting edge technology to help developing countries do without land-base communications and gain speedy communication the mobile phone usage, may be possible. However, Nokia cellular phones and its exceptional technological design are facing greater challenge with respect to the fast-paced developments in the cellular phone industry. Nokia is also facing pricing challenge, more specifically, because of the downward global economic condition.

These challenges, however, the company continues to focus on superior technology for its Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure. These business areas brought their company to the stock market map and Nokia is committed to continue providing innovative technology for as long as possible. Although, they believe the economic assessments that the economic condition may not require the superior technology of their Nokia cellular phone to help them secure profitable business in the coming years, they continue to refine the technological advantages of their products because it is a commitment they stand for. This assurance will surely please consumers who love the functional features of Nokia cellular phones.

This endeavor of the company to ensure technological advancement for their Nokia cellular phones and cellular phone infrastructure ensures the consumers that even with the proliferation of cellular phone in the market; one will always find the most functional and technologically advanced products in Nokia. One may actually get all the benefits of effective and speedy communication with Nokia cellular phones and its cellular phone infrastructure.

Choose the best and most efficient when you need mobile cellular phones, if you know Nokia’s promise of great technological developments, you will get all the benefits and more. This is because aside from the functional features, beautiful designs are coming out of Nokia plants to suit everybody’s needs for Nokia cellular phones.

Finally, Nokia cellular phones recommend users to follow telephone etiquette. This will help ensure the even while using cellular phone, keeping in mind telephone etiquette keeps you respectable. You will not bother churchgoers by turning off your phone in a place of worship. Avoid talking aloud in public in order to avoid creating nuisance and annoying people around. This is a good recommendation for cellular phone users. You do not need to flaunt your cellular phone, because Nokia cellular phones have their own personality, high-tech and functional, no need for you to brag about it.

Samsung cellular phone, a basic phone

Cellular phones are now getting to be a necessity in this modern society. This is not how they foresee the cellular phone future some years back. Luckily, manufacturers are quick to recognize the booming cellular phone industry. Thus, they are able to answer the growing demands for this functional toy. Additionally, the introduction of various functional features for cellular phones by huge cellular phone companies makes cellular phones more a need to perform specialized tasks. Because of this, the use of a cellular phone is getting to be a requirement for business executives in going about their various tasks as they go about their business. However, not everybody needs these special functions, some only needs cellular phones for basic use like sending and receiving calls. If you do not require these high technology functions, buying a cellular phone for basic use may only be what is necessary. Some cellular phones are for basic use including Samsung cellular phones. It is more reasonable to buy basic cellular phone models if you do not need to play with your cellular phone and Samsung cellular phone may be what is the best for your.

Samsung cellular phones are generally of good design. They have wide and clear display, which is beneficial especially for sending and receiving text messages. Samsung cellular phones have good battery life compared to other cellular phone units. As already mentioned, these cellular phones are good cellular phones for basic use. Samsung cellular phones have beautiful designs; you may be pleased to choose one among the various models that will fit your need. You will not despair buying a cellular phone from Samsung if you only require the basic features; beauty of the product is thus a bonus. However, if you are looking for functional cellular phones more than the basic sending and receiving calls and text messages, Samsung cellular phone is not the one for you. People who want to play and require so many functions and features will not enjoy a the cellular phone from Samsung.

Some basic complaints encountered with Samsung cellular phone, which happens only to very few users, are choppy calls and scratchy and distorted volume generation. This only happens to very few users, and to ensure you will not experience this in a Samsung cellular phone, you may ask the recommendation of the friendly Samsung staff.

Some who endeavor to find functionality in a Samsung cellular phone give it a nickname “very good yet slightly bad phone. It is very good because the designs are superb and the battery life is good. Slightly bad because some high-tech features fail in Samsung cellular phone, precisely it is a cellular phone for basic use.

Do not expect Samsung cellular phone for other features rather than the basic ones, no picture transfer, no internet communication and some phone do not support blue tooth usage. Not a techy’s choice indeed. Some people who buy this phone feel that with the superb design, it should include additional feature and functionalities. The company is on its way to developing the phone you require, researches and product development are now on the drawing board.

For some who could not wait, buying Samsung cellular phone is still a neat choice because the designs are upbeat and beautiful. The added bonus is that the battery life is longer than other cellular phones. Enjoy the basic functions and beautiful designs with Samsung cellular phones.

iPad Jailbreak Is Live

You’ve all been waiting, holding your breath, turning blue… well stop it. Engadget is reporting that the Spirit Jailbreak is now live and ready to unleash you from the shackles of your Apple chroot jail.

So the question now is, do you have the stones? (not the Rolling ones).

www.spiritjb.com

UPDATE: It’s been 6 minutes since I posted this. 5 Minutes of that time was spent talking on the phone. Next to some Geohot jailbreaks and maybe that .png exploit a couple years back – this was the easiest jailbreak I’ve seen in a while. Cool stuff. Now I go to go install a few things and see what blows up!