We learned about Jackson Pollack in my History of Creativity Class. So i decided to make my own work of art at http://www.jacksonpollock.org/
This is a presentation that I gave today about industrial design. I wrote a research paper exploring if industrial design contributes to product success. I found that it does if the design is grounded in business principles. The theme is based on Nancy Duarte Redux.
I just read an interesting article in Quality Digest. Here is the quote that sums it up.
The battle is raging in the world marketplace, and there’s no single, external foe. But we have in fact met the enemy--and he is us. Self-righteousness is our bête noir, and whining and mediocrity cripple us.
Day and night, in India, China, and across the rest of Asia, there’s a passionate focus on learning, improving, and succeeding. There, the question isn’t, “Why are quality methods and organizational improvement the means to success?” They only ask, “How?”: How to get better, how to get faster, how to do what we Americans thought we did best. They have seen what we have, and they understandably want the same for themselves and their families. They’ll learn as much and work as hard as necessary to get it.
In my history of creativity class we saw a slide show of some of the most impressive buildings in the world. They are all in China or Dubai. This one for example, the Dubai tower, tallest building in the world upon completion.

The rest of the world is catching up and we don't seem to care. Our TA in the class told a sad story. He is a 9th grade teacher, and whenever he would assign a reading and give a quiz, all 35 students would fail. Even if he did the same thing 10 days in a row, they would all fail. Sometimes he said, 1 or 2 kids would realize that they might actually need to do something, and read, but most of the time they would all fail.
And that is what is going to happen if we don't get to work. We are going to fail. America is amazing. A land of opportunities. But are lazy. Things are easy and so we do the minimum possible. If we don't get some urgency and motivation, we will fall behind.
Here is the link to the story.
http://www.qualitydigest.com/magazine/2008/jul/article/while-we-are-sleeping.html
Finally. The ratings on the App Store used to be kind of a joke. First anyone could rate any app. Apple then restricted the ratings to someone who had actually bought the app. Now we get a Amazon style breakdown of the number of people who rated each star.
I like it. There are always the disgruntled users who rate 1 star without understanding or really reviewing the app. This artificially pulls down the ratings for quality apps. Now we can see and remove such reviews.
I find it interesting how the reviews are subcategorized into versions. I don't know if it is that important to rate each version. Unless an update breaks the app, it should theoretically only get better.
What I really would like to see is a way to demo the apps. Right now publishers revert to releasing "Lite" free versions. This is clunky and should be addressed. With in game transactions in version 3.0 coming, maybe you could download the full game for free and then buy it if you want to go past a certain level.
but i do not endorse graffiti
This is the UN General Resolution that created the state of Israel. It was one of the hardest to read documents I have read.
I like the United Nations. I really do. But it seems to me that they are ineffective and weak. This is due in part to the reluctance of nations to give any power to the UN. It is also due to the process of compromise and negotiations that produce the UN's decisions.
Maybe the problems with the UN are due to the number of parties that have a say and need to be appeased. As Sir Alec Issigonis said,
"A camel is a horse designed by committee."
My roommate and I got some burgers and shakes a little while ago at Burger Supreme. While waiting in the Drive Thru we noticed this sign. We couldn't figure out what the "Add .50 Extra" was for. So we tried to order a .50 Extra but the lady was confused. What ever it is, it had better be good to cost 50 cents extra.
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