Graphic designer Justin LaFontaine created this witty concert poster to promote a show of indie rock band Built To Spill at Sled Island 2010 in Calgary.
In 1888, an inventor named George Eastman designed, manufactured and marketed a camera that forever changed photography, and also consumer products as a whole. Had Eastman taken a typical engineering approach to designing his roll-film camera, he would have copied the complexity of the camera that came before, which required the photographer to understand 19 separate elements to use. Instead, he focused on the experience he wanted to deliver, an experience captured in his advertising slogan, "You press the button, we do the rest."
Well! Apparently Eastman's way isn't enough for taking nice digital pictures after all. In this guest post, Marlene Hielema, specialist in digital photography, explains to the laymen among us how to use other buttons to take better pictures. Continue reading "How to fix your digital camera so you can take..." »
1. Pay enough so people so they are not thinking about the money, they are thinking about the work.
2. Give people autonomy, mastery, and purpose.
This lively RSA Animate, adapted from Dan Pink's talk at the RSA, illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace.
The TED community has chosen Partners in Health, an organization that has operated medical facilities in Haiti for more than 2 decades and have numerous people on the ground. Among other activities, PIH has helped coordinate efforts to bring the largest hospital in Haiti back into a functional facility.
To donate by mail, send a check made out to Partners In Health to:
Partners In Health | P.O. Box 845578 | Boston, MA 02284-5578
Photo: Dr. Evan Lyon has been a volunteer physician with Partners in Health for over a decade,
and participated in PIH's initial response to the earthquake on January 12, 2010.
If your company is so big and impersonal that you call the people you have assets, resources, bodies, or any of the many other degrading terms available, you’re doing it wrong. The language of staffing
Some say dysfunctional workplace behaviors, such as bullying and aggression, are just part of work, that they don't affect the bottom line, and that people should just "knock it off," and get back to business. But the results of this thinking deeply negatively impact business. Does your office need an intervention?
This weblog is inspired by this talk from 2006 by best selling author Seth Godin.
Sadly, ill-conceived, unusable objects and interactions still abound, and we want to add our voice to the chorus of protest from people in the quest for more human-centered products and services.
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