Red Burns. photo: Bryanesque / Flickr Even though Red Burns was one of the most influential figures in the tech industry over the past 30 years — most famous for co-founding the groundbreaking Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at NYU, and in a sense, the beginnings of interaction design — it’s not uncommon for technophiles to have never heard her name. Continue Reading
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very inspiring post...also makes me feel like a terrible person
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This is all about tapping into principle - why are we doing what we're doing? We obsess with tools because we want an easy answer. Getting back to "why do we do what we do" is a /hard/ question that no tool will help us answer.
"Red wasn’t that interested in technology per se; she saw it as something you needed to get to the real work: improving people’s lives, making them feel more connected, bringing delight in big and small ways, and empowering them to affect change. 'I’m not going to teach you any software programs. Software changes. Technology changes. You are here to learn how to learn.'"
Love this.
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