Product design
Netbooks: the really personal computers
15 October 2008
The joys of using a really small, really useful, go-anywhere computer.
Parsimonious design (or not)
17 September 2008
In which we explore the parsimony principle in design with reference to two horribly over-engineered ideas: the Segway personal transporter and ebook readers.
The features you have vs. the features you use
12 September 2008
Of the 21 features on my phone, I use just five. Can’t someone make a phone without all the rest?
Reboxing videos
12 September 2008
We need reboxing videos to show us how to get our tech toys back in their boxes.
Hack your world
16 August 2008
On the web, in the streets and even in the municipal flowerbeds, people are taking design into their own hands.
Simplicity: The humble vernacular kitchen timer
24 November 2007
Just twist and go.
No low-contrast LCD display.
No instruction booklet.
No learning curve.
No fiddly buttons.
No modes.
No batteries.
No battery cover to snap off or lose.
No battery changes.
No weedy digital beep-beep-beep.
£3 delivered.
This is simplicity. Does it really need to be any harder than this?