Author Archives: Jay Morgan

The heuristic nature of algorithms under development

By Jay Morgan | Published: July 17, 2010
In the unofficial top-ten list of a good user experience gone wrong is the variant of: “Yeah, but Amazon is stupid because I bought a children’s puzzle once two years ago, and they keep recommending children’s puzzles to me. I’m never gonna buy another one, but they keep asking me about them!” The second most [...]
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Augmented Reality: A Direction Room

By Jay Morgan | Published: March 19, 2010
A daydream about augmenting the reality inside our home. How and where we place art and photos on the walls augments the reality our children grow up in by communicating more objective - and, hopefully, more meaningful - information.
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Generating generations and Generations

By Jay Morgan | Published: March 17, 2010
Discussing the difference between how we label things formally or informally "generations".
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Mind Games: Drawing spandrels into the conversation

By Jay Morgan | Published: February 6, 2010
A mind game played by recognizing and understanding unique personas in the people around you.
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