When I was a teenager… The gadget to be seen with was a Walkman. Modelled by tall blondes on roller-skates cruising along sun-kissed Californian beaches Desired — in my case — by a spotty youth sitting in a bush shelter in rain-swept North Yorkshire The Walkman was so popular it even lead to social scientists coining […]
Details Matter
POSH Bags There is a rumour about Steve Jobs. It is alleged that he sacked an employee at one of the first Apple stores. Why? Because she bought cheap and nasty plastic bags for customers to take their expensive purchases home in. The story may be a complete fabrication, but history has shown that Steve was […]
What can Apple, Google and Amazon Teach You About Simplicity?
There is a very big difference between simple and simplistic Google have a single box on their home screen. Type something in it and you can access the world. Simple to use, but far from simplistic The iPhone has one button on the bottom and a screen that you navigate by touch. Simple to use, […]
Angry Birds and Process Control
Alaska Airlines has made an interesting step in process control. (For all of you rolling your eyeballs at the thought of process control you should remember that aeroplanes that are out of control are generally a bad thing.) They have replaced the 11 kilos of paper flight manuals that pilots are required to carry when […]
One Every Three Seconds
Apple has sold a million iPads in the first 28 days. That is one iPad every 3 seconds. That is a lot of iPads, where are they all coming from? According to the Independent they are being made by Foxconn in Shenzen China: – The factory employs 420,000 workers – They each work 60 hour […]