Silence is Deadly
My posts always argue that as designers (and engineers, manufacturers, etc), we have a responsibility to create smart, beautiful, and useful products for our users. But lately, I’ve realized that …
Because the Ballpoint Pen Inspired Roll-On Deodorant…
“A mind that is stretched by a new experience can never go back to its old dimensions.” – Oliver Wendell Homes, Jr. To explain what we’ve done, I must first …
A Sneak Peek Inside Our Inbox: Daedalus and Oldham
It’s a dank, dark business world out there sometimes. Too often, I see shady marketers take quotes from clients and cut them up until their words shine with a perfectly …
How To Tick Off Your User….
The other night I was peacefully asleep, enjoying a pleasant dream, when suddenly…. After a few confusing seconds, I realized it wasn’t my alarm clock. It was my Personal Diabetes Manager (PDM) …
Designing for the Age-Enhanced: Cognitive Changes
If you’ve read the previous posts in this series, you understand the changes that happen to our vision and the changes that happen to our hearing as we age, and, …
How To Avoid the #1 Mistake in User Research
“So, you really think we need to talk to them [users]?” – Anonymous client As a product design firm, Daedalus advocates understanding the users of the products we design and …
“Free” Electricity?
I’ve always been an ICE (internal combustion engine) guy. I grew up riding motorcycles, tubing behind jet skis, and getting muddy on four-wheelers. But it wasn’t until I bought my …
A Better Way To Wake Up
Summer is officially over and the days have become noticeably shorter here at the 40th latitude. This is the time of year when I become increasingly reliant on my alarm …
The 7 Deadly Sins of User Interface Design
In the 1967 Peter Cook/Dudley Moore comedy “Bedazzled,” the embodiments of the legendary 7 deadly sins played minor (and sometimes not so minor) roles in the ongoing temptations that the …
Medical Devices, the TSA, and Chewbacca’s Lightsaber
I’ve been working on this post for a while, but yesterday a news story caught my eye that drove me to finish it. Apparently, the Transportation Security Administration recently and …