Barking

The reason I'm barking 

This blog is actually about creating my new website, and the reasons behind every design decision I'm making.

I know it seems I'm at the risk of being seen as a navel gazer, but there is an actual reason behind the whole thing. I need some place to create a conversation about design and its place in the business world, but I also find that by writing down my ideas, I can hone them before I implement. So I thought, why not actually explore the thoughts behind the design decisions I'm making about a new blog, in fact, about a blog that I'm developing to help promote my new book about the first steps in designing a new product.

You see, the blog I'm writing about here is about design and its' application in the development of products in general, and software and services in particular.

So the first decision I made was to write about the design processes behind my new blog, and I didn't want to have that embedded inside the blog itself since it is about my design theories and putting them into practice. This blog is about exploring the best way to communicating those theories.

I'm starting off on an exploration of my target market, the kind of design thinking I want to promote and the tools I'll be using as I build the site and write the book. It will eventually be like looking at my design sketches for the book and the site; in fact I'll probably post those here as well! I'll be putting up and shooting down ideas and hope to have a final product and design rational behind each decision I make along the way.

Warning

Note that this site will be the rambling one. It will be the one with the typos, the one where I go down the wrong rabbit hole and the one where there will be some clangers dropped from a great height.

Enjoy!

Woof