Archive for month: March, 2008

Better Manuals

Categories:Design, TechTags: , ,

A few simple points like these can make the difference between instructions or a manual that will help and support your user versus one that will frustrate and discourage. Often these materials are your users first contact with your support system. Leave them with a positive feeling about how you take their enthusiasm for your product or service seriously and with care, and the effort will be well repaid.

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Yanko Design News

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Here’s another interesting source Yanko Design – Modern Industrial Design News. It’s sort of an unfiltered, shallow-but-broad collection, but there are some interesting comments and lots of articles. Technorati Tags: industrial design, sites

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Big on Small

Categories:Boats & Boatbuilding, Design

I’m a big guy who likes small things. “Big” is not just a vague, subjective call. I’m 5cm short of 2 meters tall, and 100 kilo’s. Anthropometric studies peg my size at the 95th percentile for North America. (This is especially convenient for consumer product development, since it’s typical to try to cover 90 percent [...]

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Peregrine’s Perch

Categories:News

Here’s another shameless plug: my old house is for sale: check it out. It’s a beautiful, quiet location not far from Ganges, and a 2 minute walk from some very beautiful coves and beaches. Great for biking into the famous Saturday Market. It has broadband and a separate building that’s perfect as a rental suite, [...]

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Found on Flickr

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Flickr makes it easy to share store, organize and share photos. It’s a great tool for both business and personal life. If you want to be found on Flickr, though, it takes just a few moments longer. Here are a few tips for getting the most out of this great service…. Edit your photos before [...]

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