Scott Berkun: > Apple is a great example of what can happen when they do (although to be > fair, I doubt Jobs or Wozniak would call themselves designers. Certainly not > when they started).
I'm baffled by this example. Neither Steve would have called himself a designer at the time. > Palm et. al. are not losing because they are tone deaf to design - they are > losing because someone is making a superior product. Or put another way, Palm et. al. are losing because they have been unable to design products superior to their competition! > All three companies, > in the grand scheme, have been quite succesful. After its initial surge, Palm has been a textbook case of dysfunctional, rudderless tech company, unable even to decide on an OS. Moto's division that competes directly against Apple is about to sold, with no buyer in sight. Creative, the company that claimed to have popularized media players and declared 'war' on Apple, was reduced to a peripheral maker for iPods. Their stock prices also reflect their utter failure, in the grand scheme of things. > I agree quiting a job is extreme, but the attitude is not. Well, that's a huge difference. I wouldn't want someone to counsel my kids as a matter of immediate strategy to quit their jobs and start a company. Most people aren't unfortunately cut out to become instant entrepreneurs. It'd be irresponsible to encourage them to do so, like countless infomercials on TV. > Anyone who comes to an established, succesful table and > asks for an equal voice will always be questioned and challenged to prove > their value If a bank management (of MBAs, brokers and lawyers) has just lost $20 billion in the credit market debacle, that's not because their website or call center or risk management software wasn't properly designed. It's because the management decided, on purpose, to ignore or shift attendant risks. If you close your eyes to malfeasance, then we can categorize it perhaps as sheer incompetence. If Steve Jobs (certainly the most prominent 'designer/CEO' ever) has taught us anything, you don't play by your opponent's rules. So unless and until the CEO/management is questioned and challenged on strategy, nothing is going to change. Any other discussion would at best be at the margins. -- Kontra http://counternotions.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
