Comments for S&M http://www.steveselzer.com/blog A Designer's Exploration of Services & Magic Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:14:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009, Part I by S&M » Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009, Part II http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=16&cpage=1#comment-600 S&M » Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009, Part II Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:14:28 +0000 http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=16#comment-600 [...] Part I ends on a note about empathy as a critical skill for magicians, con artists, filmmakers, designers; essentially, anyone who creates anything with an end user in mind. [...] [...] Part I ends on a note about empathy as a critical skill for magicians, con artists, filmmakers, designers; essentially, anyone who creates anything with an end user in mind. [...]

]]> Comment on Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009, Part I by S&M » A Lesson in User Testing, from a Conjurer http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=16&cpage=1#comment-599 S&M » A Lesson in User Testing, from a Conjurer Wed, 21 Jul 2010 04:10:09 +0000 http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=16#comment-599 [...] Designers know this all too well. Sure, we all try to transcend the emotional reaction to criticism. We all know that it’s our job to do what’s best for the user or the design itself despite the emotional connection to our creation. But many of us still take criticism personally, despite the effort to empathize even though empathy is considered a critical skill of a designer. [...] [...] Designers know this all too well. Sure, we all try to transcend the emotional reaction to criticism. We all know that it’s our job to do what’s best for the user or the design itself despite the emotional connection to our creation. But many of us still take criticism personally, despite the effort to empathize even though empathy is considered a critical skill of a designer. [...]

]]> Comment on Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s Four Laws of Prediction by S&M » Seth Raphael on Magic and Innovation http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=13&cpage=1#comment-571 S&M » Seth Raphael on Magic and Innovation Sat, 10 Jul 2010 18:11:46 +0000 http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=13#comment-571 [...] opening line references Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s third law of prediction, which also wrote about recently, that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Seth [...] [...] opening line references Sir Arthur C. Clarke’s third law of prediction, which also wrote about recently, that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Seth [...]

]]> Comment on Jamy Ian Swiss and his “Magical Metaphors” by S&M » Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009 (Part I of II) http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=5&cpage=1#comment-95 S&M » Jamy Ian Swiss on “Empathy” at Gel Conference 2009 (Part I of II) Tue, 27 Apr 2010 04:33:28 +0000 http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=5#comment-95 [...] no surprise that he was a guest speaker at the 2009 Gel Conference. After all, Jamy has offered advice to designers [...] [...] no surprise that he was a guest speaker at the 2009 Gel Conference. After all, Jamy has offered advice to designers [...]

]]> Comment on The New Yorker Interview with Adam Gopnik by S&M » David Blaine’s 2009 TED Talk: How I held my breath for 17 minutes http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=3&cpage=1#comment-2 S&M » David Blaine’s 2009 TED Talk: How I held my breath for 17 minutes Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:34:37 +0000 http://www.steveselzer.com/blog/?p=3#comment-2 [...] I mentioned in a previous post, David has a unique perspective on magic. Like most magicians, he strives to create images that make people stop and think. But [...] [...] I mentioned in a previous post, David has a unique perspective on magic. Like most magicians, he strives to create images that make people stop and think. But [...]

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