parson's design iv presentation: unexpected narratives and creating the right conditions

MICHAEL SURTEES

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@MICHAELSURTEES | UNEXPECTED NARRATIVES AND CREATING THE RIGHT CONDITIONS | APRIL 14. 2010 | http://designnotes.info/?cat=102

why i blog


why I blogI DO IT FOR MYSELF There’s no huge growth goal to get a certain number of visits or comments. By doing it for myself it gives me a lot of

freedom to explore the things I want to. In turn I hope others enjoy the things I collect on DesignNotes. But if no one

ends up visiting, that’s ok b/c I wrote what I did because I wanted to.

I DO IT TO REMEMBER You’re more likely to remember something if you’ve written about it. Now that I’m remembering all that stuff, I need to

figure out a way to apply that knowledge. (Suggestions welcome)

I DO IT TO KEEP MY MIND ACTIVE Just like when I take photos to help me see, the same can be said about writing for my blog. If you’re actively thinking

about the world around you, it makes you better informed to make decisions.

I DO IT TO MEET LIKEMINDED PEOPLE I can’t imagine where I would be if I hadn’t taken those first steps to post an idea. I’ve been very lucky that there have

been readers of DesignNotes that have turned into friends and it’s been a great resource to bounce ideas off of.

I DO IT BECAUSE I CAN The fact that it is so insanely easy to be a publisher that only eight or ten years ago would have been impossible. The

overhead is extremely low… It’s important for me to explore all options for communication.


Design notes content typesINTERVIEWS Five to six conversations with a person I’m interested in knowing more about

BOOK REVIEWS Attempting twelve a year, talking about design related books within the context of what I got out of them

EXPERIENCES Commenting on everyday design experiences. Could be a response to an interaction, product or something

I’ve come across in a normal day.

LINK DROP Sharing posts and sites that worth talking about on a weekly basis.

DESIGN WORK Mentioning projects that that have gone live, talking about the process of how something came to be.


Design notes, the bloghttp://designnotes.info


An interview with John Gargiulo, owner of Swich in NYC


“I always said on my 30th birthday if I hadn’t yet taken a big risk in life and started a company or something big, I had to quit my job on that day and figure something out fast. I guess I

got anxious because on my 26th birthday I walked into Cliff’s

office and retired from advertising. I developed a business plan,

found an investor, and a year and a half later in December of

last year, we opened our doors.

–JOHN GARGIULO


The Person behind Nooka: an interview with Matthew Waldman


Deborah Adler ClearRx Interview


Alissia Melka-Teichroew Interview: designer, founder of byAMT, curator, and maker


QuadCamera and ToyCamera Interview with Takayuki Fukatsu, creator of iPhone Apps


A great conversation with swissmiss


Look Both Ways by Debbie Millman


I Miss My Pencil by Martin Bone and Kara Johnson


Banksy at work in NYC: Broadway & Howard St.


My walking experience with the AIGA NY ALPHABET/CITY: A WALKING TOUR WITH TOBIAS FRERE-JONES


Thinking about twitter feeding facebook status


Lean Pocket Info Fail


Confusing MTA Subway Turnstiles


the Locksmith’s Business Card


Flexing scale, marks and other consistent things that brands could be


Talking Sticker


Little Brooklyn


repeat, repeat, repeat


Shooting the sky everyday


36 days of New York Sky: January 16th 2008 to February 20th 2008


New York City Colour Study Timeline


New York City Colour Study – Time when photo was taken graph


Starting the #walkingtoworktoday photo project


Experimenting with Fragmented Medias while #walkingtoworktoday


#walkingtoworktoday


unexpected narratives


My Link Drop Process


· Save links to delicious

· Start placing links into wordpress Wednesday & Thursday

· Reorder links once I have 20–25

· Take screen grabs of sites

· Upload screen grabs to flickr

· Place photos into a post

· Start writing why I think the link is worth reading

· Collect themes on paper

· Upload diagram to flickr and include in post

· Mark all tags

· Publish

My Link Drop Process


LINK DROP


LINK DROP themes


LINK DROP todayhttp://linkdroptoday.com


agile


“There are known knowns. These are things we know that we know. There are known unknowns. That is to say, there are things that we now know we don’t know. But there are also unknown un-knowns. These are things we do not know we don’t know.

Unknowns

–DONALD RUMSFELD http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unknown_unknown


A. Requirements

B. Design

C. Implementation

D. Testing

E. Maintenance

Waterfall


Agile

· Requirements and solutions evolve through collaboration· Frequent inspection and adaptation· Tasks are broken into small parts with minimal planning· Emphasize face–t0–face communication over written documentshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development


*The route will change

Project road map*


Everyone share’s the same mental picture

team


Working in tandem

Moving forward

Circling back

different paths


Daylife


smart galleries


smart galleries with designnotes


LEARNING THROUGH EXPERIMENTATION

EXPERIMENTING WITH TECHNOLOGY

REPETITION AND EDITING

themes to consider


Thank you
