Today I went to my client’s studio of pre-school education to see the class in action. It was an enjoyable and amusing visit. Although seeing kids jumping and running around and making noises could be quite annoying to some people, I found the experience quite pleasantly bearable. Even though I would possibly say otherwise after a few more visits. After the class was off, I talked to my client about a few thoughts and inspirations I got during the class. The philosophy behind the program is not as simple as it appears to be. From that 30 minutes of observation, [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Visit to Client’s Site
Today I went to my client’s studio of pre-school education to see the class in action. It was an enjoyable and amusing visit. Although seeing kids jumping and running around and making noises could be quite annoying to some people, I found the experience quite pleasantly bearable. Even though I would possibly say otherwise after a few more visits. After the class was off, I talked to my client about a few thoughts and inspirations I got during the class. The philosophy behind the program is not as simple as it appears to be. From that 30 minutes of observation, [...]
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Service Bell at Taiwanese Tea Hut
This is a service bell and mini-menu stand from a Taiwanese bubble tea hut in Richmond, BC Canada. I have seen similar devices in Hong Kong and China before. It has three request modes: get a server, get water, check the bill, and a cancel button. Here are my few thoughts about the design and usability. Form – The basic form of this device has a service bell as well as a holder of printed material. This is one simple object that serves two or more purposes. Graphical element – there are simple icons that indicate different request modes. For [...]
More free outlets for FREE
FREE, the latest book from Chris Anderson, is now available for free in Scribd.com, Audible.com, direct mp3 download (courtesy to Wired.com), Google Books, and seemingly more to come. The no-cost download of the book is an experiment of Chris’s own research and theory about the “freemium” business model, which is to make your products and services freely available to everybody, while trying to get revenue from other indirect means such as advertisement, premium pro accounts, and many other creative ways. First, I want to relate this concept of giving away free items to the book Predictably Irrational by Dan Ariely. [...]
FREE by Chris Anderson
Chris Anderson, the author of Long Tail, has released a full version his new book "Free" on scribd.com in an electronic book format. Here are my thoughts on the old "visiting the bookstore" model, online purchasing from Amazon, and the full book viewing on scribd.com.
My name is Calvin Chun-yu Chan, also known as カルビー or Jeepu. I'm a web app developer by trade, with curious and enthusiastic eyes on design, usability, culture and creativity.
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