…maybe it’s not so bad after all…
After days of controversy surrounding its upcoming privacy policy change, Evernote has decided to change it up in response to customer feedback. That change means that Evernote is “reaffirming its commitment to keep privacy at the center” of what they do and that “no employees will be reading note content” as a part of their […]
Source: Evernote Changes Privacy Policy Over Concerns, Makes Employee Viewing an Opt-In Option | Droid Life
#whattodo? #lookingforalternative
The CEO said the company had “communicated poorly” about the changes, which are necessary for its machine-learning capabilities.
Source: Evernote won’t let you opt out of employees reading parts of your notes
…a beautiful apartment a day….
© Thiago Almeida Architects: CIAA Localization: Av. Jorn. Alberto Francisco Torres, 75 – Icaraí, Niterói – RJ, Brasil Architects In Charge: Thiago Almeida, Priscila Bellas, Lucas Ramos Area: 80.0 m2 Year Project: 2016 Photography : Thiago Almeida Project Team: Thiago Almeida, Priscila Bellas, Lucas Ramos , Lucas Coelho Netto © Thiago Almeida CI-AA practice made strategic interventions into this apartment interior to give the home a “young and dynamic character”.
Source: Icaraí Apartment / CIAA
Reason for this article title is the following announcement by Evernote. A service I have been using for years, I hvae 14000+ notes in there and I am happily to pay for its Premium account for years now.
In short they are updating their privacy policy to having employees look at your notes because they will have to look into machine learning algorithms.
However machine learning can probably help getting the system even better. (Again, I really love this product). I am really wondering what they have been thinking to communicate this change in this way, but more over how they changed their policy in a way that I can only imagine a lot of people turning their back on the service now.
A lot of different reports are over the internet at Techcrunch for instance. Also this Forbes article speaks of the outrage that is going on under the paying customers of the service.
You can encrypt notes when you use the desktop version, which I do not since I am running the web version on my Chromebook. I am afraid I will have to take my business elsewhere since I have a lot of the information in there that needs encryption.
This company once valued over a billion dollars I am afraid will not sustain much longer…
This is going to be incredible. I just ordered 2 tickets for one of the most amazing books I have ever read. I actually wrote my first thesis about it; On The Road.
And now adapted for a play by theatergroup Oostpool. Here you will find the announcement.
On The Road
On the Road tells the story about a group of friends looking for an intense way of life. The dynamic bond between Sal and Dean forms the heart of this journey. Sal admires the art of life of Dean, who refuses to commit himself to whatever place or relationship whatsoever. Dean admires Sal for his art of writing, with a language as free as improv jazz. On the Road is aswell a journey outside, into the post war USA, as inward, looking for a free way of being.
I am so looking forward to Feb 25th 2017…will you join me?
For years I have been using methods and tooling from the (Service) Design Thinking world. I have written about it earlier on this blog about the theory etc. You can find some earlier attempts here and there.
What strikes me is the abundance of material out there. So I thought an attempt in some collecting tools and methodologies would be nice.
Related stories (in Dutch)
Service Design Thinking Challenges
De vijf eigenschappen van Service Design
As I am trying to get all the various sources of information on this one page I realize with the first two books that I am listing it really isn’t hardcore SDT maybe, but let’s expand the horizon a little then. The books by Osterwalder might not be precisely within the HCD realm, but they do posses a mindset needed to be able to understand innovation, business development and in my case being able to help and support (starting) entrepeneurs.
Tools / Toolboxes
– The Field Guide to Human Centered Design
A beautiful designed toolkit from IDEO.org to download in PDF. But you can also buy it in hardcopy from the same site.
–DIY (development impact and you) Toolkit
(http://bit.ly/2gIICPW)
A web-based toolkit that you can download in various PDF formats and is based on a variety of questions on what you would like to accomplish. More like Jobs to Be done. For instance: I want to get to know the people I work with…
I want to look ahead…or I want to develop a clear plan….
Very useful, all the tools are related to eachother but also to be used seperately if you want to. Basically it is a menu that you can choose from to compose a complete traject.
I have used the templates myself for various workshops. What I really like about it is that you can print them in different A1 through A4 formats.
– Collective Action Toolkit by frog
A global design company whose director I once met at Singularity U. I have not yet worked with this set, but came across it while researching this topic.
The Collective Action Toolbox (CAT) puts design-thinking tools in the hands of local change agents to transform communities.
You can download the CAT at their website when you leave a name and email adress.
Hyper Island Toolbox
An online resource with five different areas of interest. Energizers, Innovation, Self-leadership, Action and Team. You will find most HCD tooling in the innovation category. They also have quite an extensive training program and will contact you when you look around at their site. I believe they have a great old prison type building as their location break out in Sweden. Read their corporate story over their first location here.
Websites
www.ideo.org
What can you say about this site and organization. David Kelly is I think considered to be the ‘inventor’ of the framing around Design Thinking. If you are not getting enthusiastic when you watch these videos on their site I don’t know what will…
http://bit.ly/2hKWXcr
An Amsterdam based group of Design Thinkers in 18 different countries. From their website:
Design Thinking is a mindset to develop and deliver innovative ideas, change and solutions to complicated problems. It is an activity-based process with a strong emphasis on teamwork and co-creation. Our mission is to provide space and time for teams and individuals to be inspired and challenged, to ‘learn-by-doing’ and strengthen their ability for creative problem solving and help organizations build the necessary environment and mind-set.
I have worked with founders Arne and Tim on several occasions to develop what we called a pressure cooker patient journey for chain related healthcare issues. Very pleased with that result in 2014/2015.
The Design Council
An UK based council, established in 1944 to demonstrate the value of industrial design in reviving post–war Britain, the Design Council is now an enterprising charity which works to improve people’s lives through the use of design
They have a lot of resources on their website.
PDF Innovation by Design
PDF Design for the Public Sector
ssir
Stanford Social Innovation Review
These websites all form a good source of SDT related material. Their blogs are easy to follow with a RSS feed so that makes for easy curation of the various information flows.
Books
In no particular order a collection of books and/ or articles I have been reading over the last 5 years that might be of some use to you. The links refer to pages on Amazon.com where you can buy the books should you be interested.
These first two are maybe not so much in the HCD department but they have brought me a lot on the concept of business modelling and looking at various ways to the core of a problem or challenge. In that sense they can help you achieve a better mindset to be able to help entrepeneurs/start-ups in their business development efforts.
–Business Model Generation, Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Peigneur.
–Value Proposition Design, same authors.
Also very fond of the two books by professor Jeanne Liedtka ‘Designing for Growth" The serie offers a very practical, hands-on way to start working in the design thinking field. You also might want to consider their MOOC offering through the Darden School at the Virginia University. Four modules of 4-5 weeks video led training and website exercises gives you a very broad array of the playing field. Also their 10 step project guide is very useful to combine in your own way.
Have been seriously thinking about a smartwatch for some time now..should I get one?
Google picks up the team behind an Alexa-powered smartwatch for Android Wear http://tcrn.ch/2gEVNmN
#goodnews
Google will no longer be making a self-driving car. But Waymo will. Basically, the self-driving unit at Google X, previously codenamed Chauffeur, has now spun out into its own independent company under the Alphabet umbrella. New Waymo CEO Jon Krafcik made the announcement today at a press event in Califronia. Krafcik: New company name: Waymo, […]
Source: Google’s self-driving cars spin out into new company called Waymo
…a beautiful (small) house a day….
© Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Architects: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Location: Andopen, Flakstad, Norway Team: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk, Anette Bringsverd, Elisabeth Øymo, Halvard Amble, Hilde Rostadmo Area: 25.0 m2 Photographs: Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk Client: Private © Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk This project for a summer retreat is an addition to, and rehabilitation of an old “Nordlandshus” (traditional northern Norwegian house) on a remote site in the coastal island area of Lofoten.
Source: Summer House Gravråk / Carl-Viggo Hølmebakk
Courtesy of Ricky Gui Ricky Gui showcases a stunning series of “Hidden Doors” located behind shophouses in Singapore. Working for over a year, Gui highlighted over 600 “Hidden Doors”in his documentation. These doors are usually looked over as they hide behind shophouses and alleyways where people are unlikely to venture into.
Source: Ricky Gui Documents Over 600 Hidden Doors Around Singapore
1,5 uur , precies goed….aardige statistieken. Meer dan genoeg plek aangezien ik eigenlijk te laat was met aanmelden.
Bekijk mijn rit van 53,5 km op Strava: http://bit.ly/2hlzPSK
Dat was ook een lekker uurtje zo op de zaterdagmiddag om 17.00 uur. lekker rustig en toch een stevige extensieve intervaltraining.
Bekijk mijn rit van 37,2 km op Strava: http://bit.ly/2gwGxXc
…a beautiful loft a day….
Architects: FFWD Arquitectes Location: Barcelona, Spain Architects In Charge: Laia Guardiola, David Benito Area: 122.0 m2 Project Year: 2016 Photographs: David Benito Cortázar , Cortesía de FFWD Arquitectes © David Benito Cortázar When dealing with the refurbishment of this old carpenter’s workshop placed at Barcelona’s Poble Sec neighbourhood, the main goal was to set up this space for inhabitation while the main constructive components were mantained.
Source: Loft MdP / FFWD Arquitectes
A Danish pharma company’s strong customer focus and determined digital drive have important lessons for other businesses.
Source: Being patient-centric in a digitizing world | McKinsey & Company
…a beautiful building a day…
This time it’s the ingenuity of the solution that really strikes me. Read this story about mrs. Fan. Really moving.
© Gao Tianxia / People’s Architecture Office Architects: People’s Architecture Office Location: Changchun Jie, Beijing，China Principal: He Zhe, James Shen, Zang Feng Project Team: Chen Yihuai, Zhang Zhen Client: Mrs. Fan Roof System: Beijing Jianzhong New Material and Technology Co. Project Year: 2016 Photographs: Gao Tianxia / People’s Architecture Office © Gao Tianxia / People’s Architecture Office Mrs.
Source: Mrs. Fan’s Plugin House / People’s Architecture Office
Its Wednesday so this must be Kevelaer. Working session EUregional Forum. Visiting hospital in Kevelaer.
