Download - HCID 2012 Mike Towber
Interrupting CowSeveral Great Things About Disruption
Who in the hell?Mike Towber
UX Lead, Poke London
Listening to
Recently read
Orange, Skype, Lonely Planet, BBC Worldwide, Manchester City FC, Virgin Racing, Topshop,
Alexander McQueen, Mulberry, French Connection, History Channel, &c.
There's nothing surprising in this talk
...and I'm probably wrong about bits.
The gist:Ruts are bad.
Disruption prevents ruts.
Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love Chaos
The part where I pretend I understand maths
OK, but how?!
1. Have lots of conversations2. Stop documenting3. Use new tools4. Read5. Educate
Have lots of conversationsIt's difficult, disruptive... and the single best use of
your time
Stop documentingDeath to the intimidating, barely useful 200+ page
stack of wireframes
Use new toolsExperiment with different processes, tools and
deliverables
Thanks, Sarah Goodfriend, LA Weekly
Thanks, cookingquest.blogspot.com
ReadDedicate time every day to seeing what else is out
there on the web and elsewhere
OftenSometimesWhenever
Ssshhh, super secret links:waxy.org/linkssiteinspire.net
butdoesitfloat.comgametoilet.posterous.com
the popular bits of reddit, metafilter, hacker news, &c.
EducateTake the time to tell the story of "why" to clients
and colleagues