March 11, 2004
Fast Company: Hold The Phone.
Just as the Internet revolution made it more efficient and less expensive to ship gigabytes of data from one place to another, Internet telephony is making talk even cheaper. It's also turning the staid, underappreciated telephone into a more powerful and flexible device.
The Guardian: Emotional about design.
The sequel, Emotional Design, is based on the idea that there are three levels at play in design: visceral, behavioural, and reflective. It's still true that, on a rational level, products should be functional, but now he explains why they should be beautiful and have an emotional impact as well.
NY Times: Intel to Miss China Deadline on Standard for Wireless.
Intel's not meeting the Chinese timetable reflects a larger objection on the part of Intel and other American technology companies, which have been up in arms since China announced last year that it wanted to develop a separate national standard for short-range wireless networks, known as Wi-Fi.
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