Over at BusinessInsider the Chart of the Day: “Apps More And More Important Than Mobile Web” reveals some interesting statistic. Mobile applications become more important for people compared to the Mobile Web (and I assume that this includes HTML5-based applications).…
Campus Party 2012 Berlin: Fail Spectacularly
Really great talk by Jamie Finn of Telefonica/O2 at the Campus Party 2012 in Berlin describing his experiences with failing applications and how to turn them into a success. He also describes their use of A.D.S – the Application Definition…
Creative Process: Early use of examples improves output
An interesting, scientific study published by Stanford University suggests that using examples (i.e. copy prior work) early on in the creative design process improves the creativity of the output. The emphasis here is on, early in the process. Using prototypes…
Book on creating cool stuff: “It will be exhilarating”
The guys at Studio Neat, creators of the Glif (tripod holder for iPhone), Cosmonaut (wide-grip tablet stylus) and Frameographer (stop-motion app for iPhone) share their insight in a book about Design Entrepreneurship. (Book, Trailer) Sounds like a great read.
Starbucks picks Square for payments
Great news for mobile payment startup Square. As reported by AllThingsDigital Starbucks picks Square for payment and invests in the company. Success of an excellent and elegant end-to-end mobile payment solution.
What’s your design approach ?
Playful, designful or crowdsourcing ? Ok, here is some background to the question. It was triggered by a number of conversations I had during the last weeks. It all started with an interesting presentation at the “Unternehmer Live” series at the Strascheg…
Consumers want simplicity
Great article on Forbes online on why consumers favor simplicity over engagement, e.g. social networks. A lot of interesting links included showing how simplifying the decision making can improve purchases.
Mobile Monday Munich: Mobile Security and the Smartphone
The interesting presentations and discussions of yesterday’s Mobile Monday in Munich on “Mobile Striptease: Your Mobile under Attack: Privacy & Security” definitely need a follow-up. Yesterday already started with some interesting insights into mobile security with the report in the…
Follow-up on Predictions: Starbucks claims to be global leader in mobile payments
According to this report Starbucks claims to be leader in global mobile payment transactions, with 26 mio mobile transactions since the launch of the program in January 2011. So as said here, there is probably more to come in 2012.
How to … do customer service in the age of social media
Considering the recent hick-up (see here or here) in McDonald’s attempt to create a social media campaign the new report “Future of Customer Service: The Rise of The Social Customer” might come handy.