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May 28, 2007
Don't touch that dial! “About Experience” is coming right up (this week)...
Posted by Bob Jacobson
My weekend plan to describe Experience as that term has been used in different traditions -- spiritual, philosophical, scientific, and so forth -- was set back by a surprise assignment that requires me to temporarily relocate out of state.
I'll be moving next week (to Arizona, for the month of June). I used this weekend to decide what I'll take with me and what I'll let go. As an itinerant scholar and consultant -- a peddler of ideas -- I like to pare down with each bend in the road.
But I'm on the case. Please stay tuned: the promised blog entries will appear this week.
(Image: Peter Horvath, 6168.org)
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BOB JACOBSON is fascinated by the experience of experience. A planner and technologist, Bob has a Ph.D. in Urban Planning & Design from UCLA. He's been a policy researcher, technology CEO, science writer, and consultant. As a Fulbright Scholar, he studied cellular telephony's impacts on transborder communities in the Nordic Arctic Circle. Bob edited Information Design (MIT Press 2000) and is now writing a book on the theory and practice of creating edifying, transformative experiences.
PAULA THORNTON says, "Understanding human behavior (economics), optimizing interactions (design) and facilitating conversations (markets), are the means to achieve strategic differentiation. This is the focus of our discipline. It is not a 'nice to have'‚ and is not, like documentation once was, an afterthought. It is the means by which to start a strategic discussion and the means by which to drive a tactical initiative. All design should be evidence-based."
1. naomi on May 29, 2007 2:56 AM writes...
Am looking forward to your entries!
Your humble experience-design beginner,
Naomi
[Thank you, Naomi. I appreciate the encouragement! -- Bob]
Permalink to Comment2. Todd Moy on May 31, 2007 6:48 PM writes...
Hi Bob - if you'll be in the Phoenix area, I'd like to invite you to check out the Phoenix User Experience Professionals meet-up group. Our next meeting is set for June 16th at Inza Coffee in Scottsdale. You can find more details at our meet-up site.
Permalink to Comment3. Paula Thornton on June 5, 2007 6:34 AM writes...
I'm always amazed to watch these tools (conversations, et. al.) so fabulously work to bring people together. Both Naomi's (gratitude...I'm still here and getting value), and Todd's (please join us...we value you) posts were examples of this.
Thanks for your contributions to our conversations and to our discipline.
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