A set of standard questions that can be applied consistently to different situations might form the basis of a standard toolkit for information discovery and design.
I have a big announcement to make today.Effective this morning, XPLANE is joining the Dachis Group, the world’s leading social business consultancy, as a wholly-owned subsidiary. I want to take a moment to share what this means for XPLANE and our customers, and why I am excited about it.Initially, the only change employees and customers will notice is the Da […]
The design philosophy of the AK-47, originally uploaded by dgray_xplane.In a recent roundup of thoughts from the Interaction 10 conference, Jan-Cristoph Zoels wrote:"Unfortunately [Dave Gray] illustrated his engaging talk with a glorification of the AK47 as a ‘powerful tool of change’. His agnostic design philosophy hides an ethical ambivalence and repo […]
I got these questions in an email interview by Garrick Gibson recently, and, since I get asked these things fairly often, I thought I would post my answers here.1) What do you value most about what you are doing in your profession? 2) Name 3 of the most important actions taken to start your business? 3) How much of your personal values played a role in start […]
ExcerptOSSSabotageManual, originally uploaded by @bfchirpy. Thanks @bfchirpy for this little gem. How many of us have engaged in one or another of these activities over the years, without thinking of the long-term damage we were causing to the health of an organization we probably joined voluntarily? […]