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Category Archives: Attenex Patterns
Review of Empirical Research Through Design
Design Research is one of those quirky phrases that I have a difficult time parsing. Does design research mean that I am doing research on design (itself a tricky word as demonstrated in an article I co-wrote on “Is designing … Continue reading
A little eDiscovery Humor
As I step back into the world of legal eDiscovery, it is a delight to see that this market segment has finally achieved market notoriety – cartoons are showing up making fun of the work of our dedicated professionals. CaseCentral … Continue reading
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Graduate Students – Best Knowledge Transfer System
Way too many sleeps ago, Russ Ackoff shared that the best information retrieval system and best knowledge transfer system was the collection of graduate students that worked with him at Penn’s Wharton School. “Every morning when I come into the … Continue reading
Conveying Complex Thoughts
While preparing for my recent presentation for the Design Strategy Conference 2012, I went through a labor of love trying to make some complex ideas and experiences understandable. To help me with this process, I engaged my colleague, Christine Martell … Continue reading
When Science and Art Dance – Business Results
Each year the Institute of Design in Chicago, IL, holds a Design Strategy Conference. This year, Patrick Whitney, asked me if I would share how we used the human centered design process to develop Attenex Patterns. The video of the … Continue reading
Visual Search – Please, I’m begging you!
At breakfast the other morning, my colleague Alan Wood was excited to try out a software tool, Devonthink, that he’d just read about in Steven Johnson’s Where Good Ideas Come From: “Private serendipity can be cultivated by technology as well. For … Continue reading
Observing Users for Software Development
“You can observe a lot by just watching.” – Yogi Berra Too many years ago, I sat in a sterile conference room at DEC mesmerized by the lecture being given by the talking head on the video, Russ Ackoff. Ackoff … Continue reading
Easy Productivity Boost – Multiple Monitors
Seeing this NY Times article, I was reminded of one of our key recommendations for boosting productivity in eDiscovery – make sure each lawyer reviewer has multiple monitors. From a capital investment standpoint, multiple monitors are very inexpensive and pay … Continue reading
A Funny Thing Happened in the Tasting Room
In my continuing pursuit to keep my “butt in the seat” and pursue the writing life, I’m endeavor to take insightful moments and capture them by “writing myself into existence.” Something wonderful happened working in the Archery Summit tasting room … Continue reading
Attenex Patterns History – The Critical First Year
A successful product has many parents. No one claims a failed product. Attenex Patterns was both a successful AND an innovative visual analytics product. The seeds of the success occurred for six months before and after the founding of the … Continue reading
