Technology Vs. Design--What is the Source of Innovation? - BusinessWeek
Ethnographic research, Norman says, can generate small, incremental innovations but the blockbuster game-changing stuff, comes from the lab, not the village or the mall. Norman states: “I’ve come to a disconcerting conclusion: design research is...

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anyone use this? | Ethnography app debuts on iTunes store http://ow.ly/OzgC #anthrodesign #designresearch #ethnography (via @theory143)

Ethnography app debuts on iTunes store | News | Research: http://bit.ly/7XQBFA via @addthis

Don Norman's jnd.org / Technology First, Needs Last
I've come to a disconcerting conclusion: design research is great when it comes to improving existing product categories but essentially useless when it comes to new, innovative breakthroughs.

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RT @lvgaldieri: "a brief oblivion" American Ethnography issue on "taking dope." http://bit.ly/7qkpe1 / thanks for thinking of me!!! :)

Don Norman's says Technology before Market Research - similiar to users can't tell you what they need
I think his statements are bending it a little. A technologist with no understanding of users, behaviors and a degree of curiosity won't get anywhere. A market researcher with no understanding of technology and what's possible will also always...

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reading about anthropologists in design anthropology and the military on http://www.ethnography.com/

its great to write about the schizoanalytical process implied in my research, much better than any ethnography or "dense description"

Running session on e-ethnography face to face meeting students for 1st time after working with them 6 months virtually