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

Visions to Steal

Ideas for new products. See also: Quick Ideas for quick & dirty ideas.

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Hosted vs. Local applications

There are strong scenarios for both types of applications and a possible bridge between them

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DabbleDB, FileMaker Pro, and Innovation

Breakthrough innovations in generalist user databases

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What’s on your mind, humanity?

Wikipedia knows what is on our collective mind, but it’s not telling.

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The Dynamics of Micropayments

Micropayments still are not mainstream. What will be needed for them to succeed?

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Archiving the front pages of Online Newspapers

Online newspapers can respond in a flash, the moment a new story breaks. Pity.

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Who Read your Email this Morning?

Overcoming the barriers to email encryption