Philip Haine’s articles on Product Vision, Innovation and Design

Archive for February, 2008

Farewell, Patelco!

Wednesday, February 13th, 2008

Look in the mirror, Patelco.

[Cross-posted from KPAO.org]
Dear Patelcoмебели,
You and I have been together a long time. Over fifteen years! I have nostalgic feelings for you. I know you so well. I haven’t had to deprive you of my warm wallet to make a gadget purchase in years. So etched in [...]

Audio UI for Audio Players

Saturday, February 9th, 2008

Users of music players have their eyes busy and their ears free. Why not use the ears to augment the UI?

Required listening: Ray Kurtzweil on Accelerated Returns

Tuesday, February 5th, 2008

The rate of technology change is accelerating.

Thumbs up/thumbs down button for music players

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Life is too short to listen to music you don’t like.