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9.24.2001 Today I’m in a fabulous mood – why? Well, several reasons - one of them are two positive digital experiences. The first one came from an installer-program with my parent's new scanner, a Hewlett Packard 5470c. The whole process were so easy that even middle-aged people could do it (can’t use the old saying with a child, since any child nowadays are able to program their own device-driver – almost). It was pure plug-and-play, beautifully documented with speech and video clips – ten minutes and it was up and running by just pressing ok-buttons. This is the way it should be – it was almost as if it were a Mac… The other one was from Ikea – the Swedish furniture warehouse. On their website (unfortunately, only the Swedish one) you can download a small application that allows you to design your own kitchen in 3d. Seen something like it before? What’s the big deal? I’ll tell you, the reason is really simple – it’s just as user-friendly as the scanner – and that is actually a big deal concerning my native kitchen-knowledge. In less than 20 minutes I had my dream-ikea kitchen (ikea do make some nice kitchens at fraction of the price for a strato – my truly dream-kitchen), I could see how it would look from one side, from another, from the top – well it was actually plug-and-play 3d. And as a bonus-feature I could print both drawings and a shopping list with prices and everything. Digital product design – gotta luv it! btw: Today’s my oldest sister’s thirty years old birthday – go send her wishes; she’s really worth it Oh, also spanish "opera" and Organic Elder Flower drink can really make your day! |
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