Jamin Hegeman

Tag: experience

  • Dare to Experience?

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    For a few months now, as I’ve driven from the Bay Bridge into San Francisco, I’ve passed a billboard advertising the LG Dare on Verizon’s network. The slogan, “Dare to experience the best 3G network,” always makes me cringe a little bit, because to me it means Verizon doesn’t get it. Is a network an…

  • Bringing Emotion into the Design Process

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    I’d like to continue a comment about bringing emotion into the design process because I think it deserves its own post. Kip said: Design has some valuable roots in its ties with emotion, but in many ways we’ve lost touch. Can we bring a sophisticated discussion of “emotion” back on the table and include it…

  • What is the experience?

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    Designers often argue about whether we’re designing an experience or designing for an experience, and ponder the more philosophical aspects of having an experience. Is an experience something designers shape? Is it something participants make? Arguably, every experience is unique. But if this is true, what do we mean when we talk about the experience?…

  • Happy Birthday to Me

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    I’m not one to go around telling people it’s my birthday, which is why this post is coming 40 minutes after my birthday (unless you’re on the west coast). It was a fun experiment to see if anyone would say anything. My number one suspect for getting the word out: Facebook. At around 4 p.m.…