Comments on: Downturns and design http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/07/29/downturns-and-design/ chapter four - my 30s Tue, 20 Jul 2010 23:37:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: karim kanji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/07/29/downturns-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-280 karim kanji Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:49:36 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=124#comment-280 LOL! I have my blog postings sent to f'book as well. What I've done to drive people back to the blog is disable comments on f'book and ask pple to leave comments on original post. look forward to your next blogthought! kk LOL! I have my blog postings sent to f’book as well. What I’ve done to drive people back to the blog is disable comments on f’book and ask pple to leave comments on original post.

look forward to your next blogthought!

kk

]]> By: Farhan http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/07/29/downturns-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-279 Farhan Wed, 30 Jul 2008 09:16:51 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=124#comment-279 Design makes things cool, sure marketing and messaging have a hand in it as well, but well designed things that people might never see - like having the most amazingly designed bed - should also be able survive a downturn. As for f'book v the blog, that has to do with distribution I think... might be the subject of a future blog post! Design makes things cool, sure marketing and messaging have a hand in it as well, but well designed things that people might never see – like having the most amazingly designed bed – should also be able survive a downturn.

As for f’book v the blog, that has to do with distribution I think… might be the subject of a future blog post!

]]> By: karim kanji http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/2008/07/29/downturns-and-design/comment-page-1/#comment-278 karim kanji Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:49:57 +0000 http://www.fiftybyfifty.com/lifeoffarhan/?p=124#comment-278 Farhan - I think it's the cool factor. The success of the iPhone, iPod, iRobot...opps. As i was saying, if a product is cool (design, pop culture-ish, a "must have") then it will be successful. That's why the Blackberry years what it took the iPhone seconds to do. And it further explains why people leave comments on your Facebook and not here. Facebook is just a lot more cooler than you or me. kk p.s. Thanks for your help on my article. It may be published in the Sept08 edition of REM. Farhan –

I think it’s the cool factor. The success of the iPhone, iPod, iRobot…opps.

As i was saying, if a product is cool (design, pop culture-ish, a “must have”) then it will be successful. That’s why the Blackberry years what it took the iPhone seconds to do.

And it further explains why people leave comments on your Facebook and not here. Facebook is just a lot more cooler than you or me.

kk

p.s. Thanks for your help on my article. It may be published in the Sept08 edition of REM.

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