Don’t we have enough bloggers already?
So I have finally decided to do something with my personal domain. For a while, it has been sitting as a filler site with no good content. Starting today, I am going to use this site as a place to share my thoughts on many different things.
Mostly, I’ll be writing about sustainability, fostering community, all things tech, and the importance of good design. (As a person who spends too much time with engineers, I think design is overlooked far too often.)
One of the things that I hope to expound upon is the importance of designing and building with people in mind. Green design is everywhere right now, but I often wonder if we are overlooking other important factors in the process of “greening” anything and everything.
For me, when inventing/creating/designing/etc., there are three things that I’m concerned about:
- That it is sustainable.
- That it is hyper-usable.
- That it is beautiful.
Not only am I concerned with something’s environmental impact, but I also want to make sure that people will embrace it, understand how to use it, and, most importantly, love to use it.
This is people-centered design. In people-centered design, you inherently deal with the issue of sustainability because if you are truly focused on people, you have to utilize resources efficiently and effectively in order to maintain this place we live on.
I hope that this does not become a place for me to preach my ideas. Please, if you really agree with something that I’m saying, let me know in the comments. More importantly, if you disagree, let me know. I want this blog to be a place to foster conversation.
Without further ado, welcome to my blog.