Monthly Archives: December 2007

Kill your TV, or at least put it on life support.

Yesterday I talked about some of the problems caused by having too many gadgets in your life. Today I’m going to help you downsize your TV habit and TV clutter.
The single best thing most people could do to improve their lives is to stop watching TV. It saps your energy and your time. TV is [...]

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60 Minutes does a story on usability. In other news, dogs and cats plan cohabitation.

60 Minutes aired an excellent segment on how poorly designed gadgets drive the technical support industry.
The highlights include usability guru Don Norman talking about “feature creep” and some choice quotes from Geek Squad founder Robert Stephens:
“That was my business plan, be nice and fix it.”
“We’ve saved more MBA dissertations than anyone.”
“Geeks have no interest in [...]

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