Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

Andy Cameron

This morning I received the shocking and very saddening news that my ex-lecturer and colleague, friend and mentor, Andy Cameron died yesterday (May 28th) of a …

Why the big type?

Zeldman started it.

Without Design Methods, I Feel Like I Am Cheating

Without Design Methods, I Feel Like I Am Cheating - another cracking post from Jon Kolko. This one is close to my heart because I teach design methods on …

Research and Experience Prototyping Tools, Tips and Apps

I have been giving lists of experience prototyping tools and tips for doing research to quite a lot of students recently, so I thought I would start compiling …

Life is a prototype - fail early and often.

We live in a culture that encourages envy. Envy for products we don’t own, lifestyles we don’t have, happiness we believe others have. Growing up …

Touchpoint Observatory: One company’s junk service is another company’s gold

In Germany and Switzlerand1 there is an accepted culture that contracts for most services can be renewed for a year – sometimes even two – automatically if you …

Touchpoint Observatory: ICE restaurant car

Breakfast on the German ICE train While there are a few things not to like about German trains - officious staff, annoyingly slow ticket machines - it’s …