Drew Mattke - Professional Technical Designer
 
 
2005-08-30
 

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Excellent Design means listening to users
How can you be part of the next "iPod" or "iPhone" innovation?
Turns out there's more to it than just making up something that's cool.

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2005-08-10
 

Balancing design, business and technology

Design, Business, Technology… on balance
Why isn’t every piece of technology wildly cool and perfect for users? Sometimes it’s because design considerations were neglected, but often it’s the result of realistic compromises driven by business or technology factors. Find out how this plays out.

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Drew Mattke, Technical Design Director







 
   
   
 
 
 

Here on my personal business site, learn more about me as a professional than a one-page resumé can impart. You'll also discover some insights that I am happy to share with you. These topics bring together elements of Design, Technology, and Business — with some random thoughts that tie back in ways you might not expect.

To help you with your consideration for hiring me, be sure to review my Dossier.
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Random Access 29

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A Random Access article usually contains musings on off-beat and quirky topics that I enjoy exploring as mental exercise.
Look for a great article in this space soon.
Thanks for your patience while I complete this site..

 

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Freakonomics :: by Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner

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This is an insightful book that highlights the learnings to be gained when you apply one science (economics) to another (sociology).
The book poses and answers some interesting questions such as: "Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool?" and "Why do drug dealers still live with their moms?"

 

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Death by Meeting

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Do all meetings have to be deadly boring, time-wasting, and pointless?
Of course not, yet so many people resign themselves to believing so and do little to break the cycle.
Read some thoughts on the topic...

 

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A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem.
— Albert Einstein
     
                         
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