“Our brains aren’t designed for multitasking”, my dear friend Cliff Nass, mathematician, cognitive scientist and psychologist, warned me a good long while ago – and he’d written a book about it! “It will slow you down and cloud your reasoning.” OK — I’m still working on the same big three projects as back then. But…
Cliff Nass
in memoriam Cliff Nass
Today is the memorial service for Cliff. There’s a touching page of memories on the web – comm.stanford.edu/memories-of-clifford-nass/ They say so much. Cliff was the human in human-centered-design Here’s a video of the event
Cliff Nass
Cliff Nass died of a heart attack yesterday. A devastating loss. A dear friend and colleague, he was only 55. I’ll write a little more later. Here he is as part of the Revs Program’s presence at Palo Alto Concours d’Elegance in 2011. [Link] – All Things D [Link] – Stanford Daily [Link] – New…
historical significance
Does it matter – historically speaking? Just what does that mean? I am helping David Kelley, Jon Feiber, Reilly Brennan, Cliff Nass and our friends in the Revs Program with a class that is exploring the nature of historical significance. In d.school style we are asking the class to come up with the answers. Just…
speed
Cliff Nass and I have started our seminar – Cars: past, present, future. The project – automotive archaeology. This week – motor sports. Speed as zeitgeist. I am rereading Jeffrey Schnapp’s wonderful collection Speed Limits. Here is Marinetti – February 1909: We affirm that the magnificence of the world has been enriched by the advent…
cars – past, present, future – the case of automotive heritage
On Wednesday evenings this quarter I have been hosting a series of conversations with colleagues at Stanford and beyond about the world of cars – past, present and future. Sponsorship has come from our Revs Program and Stanford Continuing Studies [Link] With a very sharp and expert audience we covered a tremendous amount of ground,…
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