#DesignTheTomorrow 16/05/25 asked a panel to defend five statements, regardless of personal positions. Here are my pre-debate notes. Do you agree? AI-driven experiments will soon replace traditional research: False Adaptive, personalized interfaces should be the default standard for all digital products: True “Web” must evolve from static pages into immersive app-like experiences: False Seamless…
Customers are a Product's most essential Stakeholders, but they aren't the only ones. Other external Stakeholders influence buying decisions or are affected by your Product's activities. Likely, you are one of many internal Stakeholders. Business and Domain experts with skin in the game trying to figure out how to win a significant market share of buying Customers. Your job is to harness this…
*Image generated on craiyon.com with prompt "minimum viable ship" MVP is open to interpretation and often is cited in the context of when long before it's understood 'what' to deliver. MVPs sounded great when I first heard about them on an extreme programming team. It was among the first terms of a new shared language between engineering and management. On that team, we benefitted from weekly…
Today, with a heavy heart, I announce the closure of Storyboard. We will cease operations and turn off all Storymaker software on Feb 1st, 2023. If you are a Custorian or Storyboard customer, please continue to read more about the next steps and how we aim to make this transition as smooth as possible. The backstory I originally started Storyboard as 'Custorian guide' to reveal the compelling…
The 'World Wide Web' once held a sense of wonder. In a small Scottish town, on my bi-weekly trips to my local public library, I'd type out the addresses of webpages I'd scribbled on scraps of paper gleaned from TV and comic advertisements. It felt like prospecting; every web page was a clue within a worldwide scavenger hunt. The same excitement to explore and contribute is not what it once was.…
The current financial value of NFTs might make it seem otherwise, but the work of virtual galleries and digital artists need to fight for legitimacy within a much broader cultural perspective. Challengers should not lose sight of an opportunity to improve the Art world. A disruptor's job is to challenge norms rather than take residence within an old system. So while NFTs and virtual galleries are…
I've always been curious about Art Basel and this year was an opportunity for me to visit the Art fair and now I want to share some industry learnings. Equipped with Custorian's latest live exhibition demos, I urgently sought first impressions from Gallerists on how the beta examples below use Insta & AMP stories as in-gallery guides. Judging from my cards, I'd say I managed to talk at any length…
Naoshima emerged from a sodden midnight fog. My friend's scribbled directions stopped here; the island began. Now I glanced around for something called a yurt? I was 26 and, until recently, perhaps an anti-traveller, having neither the means nor inclination to venture further than Ayrshire, Scotland. Some tectonic life shifts had brought me to Japan. In support of a mutual friend, the preceding…