This link has been bookmarked by 22 people . It was first bookmarked on 10 May 2007, by Mark Ahlness.
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lilian ricaudYou know the feeling: You follow a near-random trail of blog links and land on the post that solves your big business problem. You randomly flip through a physics book and find next week's sermon. You're shopping for discount dog food when you find your d
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03 Feb 07
Alan LevineIt's serendipity. And maybe we should build more opportunities for it into our products, services, and lives.
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01 Feb 07
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serendipity... accidentally discovering something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.... we often work to remove unpredictability. ... it might be equally useful to add an "I'm feeling bored" button ... But all this filtering, tuning, and pruning keeps us stuck! We end up seeing only what we think we want to see--what we're already familiar with--and slashes our chances for serendipity. And that means slashing our ability to create and innovate, or even to be truly surprised and delighted. ...about filters, the bright side of efficiency and focus comes with a dark side of narrow vision.
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serendipity... accidentally discovering something fortunate, especially while looking for something else entirely.... we often work to remove unpredictability. ... it might be equally useful to add an "I'm feeling bored" button ... But all this filtering, tuning, and pruning keeps us stuck! We end up seeing only what we think we want to see--what we're already familiar with--and slashes our chances for serendipity. And that means slashing our ability to create and innovate, or even to be truly surprised and delighted. ...about filters, the bright side of efficiency and focus comes with a dark side of narrow vision.
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31 Jan 07
Are Halland"While we assume that randomness plays a big role in games, we do our best to strip it from "serious" products and services." (Kathy Sierra - Creating Passionate Users)
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Mark AhlnessKathy, this is so important, I agree. I'm with Clarence here, when he talks about the importance of embracing this in education - and how getting kids out there with their blogs exposes them to the richness of serendipity and different points of view. I'm
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30 Jan 07
guido crolla... there are plenty of ways to keep a user experience consistent while still supporting--even encouraging--the chance for serendipity. And serendipity is delightful, astonishing, sexy, rewarding, inspiring...
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Adam CutlerIn user experience design, especially, we often work our asses off to remove unpredictability. That's a good thing, mostly. An interface that does what you expect drops away so you can focus on whatever it is you're using the product to do. While we assum
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