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

Product Vision & Strategy

Everything related to product vision and product strategy.

Ansel Adams at the click of a button

Is there any innovation yet to be done with with digital cameras? Of course!

Introducing productvision.org

Keeping the blogs focused

SSNiF Analysis Part 4: FREE SSNiF Templates

There is only one way to capitalize the word FREE.

SSNiF Analysis Part 3: Tips for SSNiFs

Let’s get down to business.

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SSNiF Analysis Part 2: How it fits into the product creation process

SSNiFs are involved at each each level of the Design Pyramid.

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SSNiF Analysis Part 1: Introduction

A powerful and simple way to capture scenarios.

Tweaks to streaming music

Streaming music like Pandora is awesome. Here are some things to make it awesomer.

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The Design Pyramid

A unifying model of design.

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Required listening: Ray Kurtzweil on Accelerated Returns

The rate of technology change is accelerating.

Web-based visual voicemail

Why shouldn’t we be able to access our voicemail from a web browser? Or our email clients?

Multiple active mobile phones per number

Why must we have only one cellphone per phone number?

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Needs Analysis of Reusable Shopping Bags (plus a holiday gift idea)

MyOwnBags demonstrate a nice clean differentiation. Plus, they make a great gift for stylish people!

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The Potential of Chumby

The Chumby does nothing specific, a lot in general.

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Chase customers, not competitors

By the time you catch up, they will be elsewhere.

Cortright on weak visions

David Cortright on a major cause of weak visions

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The Return of the Kitchen Computer

Has the time of the kitchen computer arrived yet?

Ignore the details during the product vision phase

During the product vision phase, set aside detailed requirements and design.

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Long Live the Desktop in the Era of the Internet Appliance

Rumors of the desktop’s demise are premature.

Open, yet encrypted Wi-Fi

Why must we sacrifice security when opening Wi-Fi networks?

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Recognizing User Needs (Where Users = Penguins)

Can penguins teach us about design?