“The pace of digital innovation is astonishing. It's impossible to imagine life without the web, smartphones, social networks. And yet the consumer products and everyday objects all around us are still essentially dumb.” StillsSocialImagineImpossibleObjectsProductsInnovationEverydayDumbConsumersDigitalPaceAstonishingSocial NetworkSmartphonesEveryday Objects Author:Andy Hobsbawm
“The widespread inability to understand technological artifacts as fabricated entities, as social and cultural phenomena, derives from the fact that in retrospect only those technologies that prove functional for a culture and can be integrated into everyday life are 'left over.' However, the perception of what is functional, successful and useful is itself the product of social and cultural--and last but not least--political and economic processes. Selection processes and abandoned products and product forms are usually not discussed.” FactsLastsFormPoliticalCultureLeftSocialProcessTechnologySuccessfulEconomicProductsProvePerceptionEverydayAbandonedEntityTechnologicalEveryday LifeSelectionInabilityIntegratedRetrospectArtifacts Author:Johannes Grenzfurthner
“I don't know whether the universe contains any evidence of intelligent design, but I can assure you that thousands of everyday products do not.” KnowsI CanUniverseDesignProductsEvidenceIntelligentEverydayIntelligent Design Author:Gary Hamel
“Innovation is not a big breakthrough invention every time. Innovation is a constant thing. But if you don't have an innovative company [team], coming to work everyday to find a better way, you don't have a company[team]. You're getting ready to die on the vine. You're always looking for the next innovation, the next niche, the next product improvement, the next service improvement. But always trying to get better.” IfsWayTryingBigsDiesNextCompanyTeamReadyProductsInnovationConstantEverydayImprovementInventionGet BetterInnovativeBreakthroughAlways TryingBetter WaysNicheVinesReady To Die Author:Jack Welch
“My friend goes, 'If you're going to use Rogaine, just put it somewhere you're going to remember to use it everyday.' So I put it right next to my Prozac. But now it just feels really pathetic using both of these products at the same time, 'cause if either one works, I don't really need the other one.” IfsNeedsFeelsUseRememberNextCausesProductsMy FriendsEverydayPatheticProzac Author:Greg Fitzsimmons
“The alternative to intellectual property is straightforward: intellectual products should not be owned, as in the case of everyday language. That means not owned by individuals, corporations, governments, or the community as common property. It means that ideas are available to be used by anyone who wants to.” WantShouldMeanIdeasGovernmentUsedIndividualLanguageCommunityCommonCasesProductsIntellectualPropertyEverydayAvailableAlternativesCorporationsStraightforwardIntellectual Property Author:Brian Martin
“Even though it was January, in Los Angeles it was beautiful and sunny and the blue skies were out and it was hot everyday, so I think it was just a product of our environment. And California to me as a concept or as an idea always seems like endless optimism and endless opportunity - when people think of California they think of palm trees and blue skies and gorgeous sunsets and beaches and everything else. But there's also this weirdness to California, this darkness, it's a place where people come to follow their dreams and sometimes don't make it.” PeopleThinkingIdeasSometimesDreamSeemsBeautifulOpportunityDarknessEnvironmentTreeSkyProductsConceptsOptimismHotBlueEverydayEndlessBeachCaliforniaSunsetLos AngelesPalmsGorgeousOur EnvironmentSunnyJanuaryWeirdnessBlue SkyPalm TreesEndless Opportunities Author:Mark Hoppus
“Overall the cost of living in Ho Chi Minh City is cheap and if you can stay away from Western restaurants and use just local products in your everyday life it's really cheap.” IfsUseCitiesProductsCostWesternEverydayLocalsRestaurantsEveryday LifeCost Of Living Author:Doug Rice
“If you innovate broadly, focus on the customer experience, and deliver everyday a great product, you will gain share.” IfsFocusShareProductsGainsEverydayCustomersCustomer Experience Author:Michael J. Silverstein