Comments on: Design for wombling http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/ ...thoughts and observations on the open web, linked data, URIs and generally how technology and design can create great things for people to use. Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:52:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Links for 2008-07-04 - tonyscott.org.uk http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-2162 Sat, 05 Jul 2008 22:09:01 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-2162 [...] Design for wombling [Derivadow] [...]

]]> By: Semantic Web … what’s that all abaht then guv’nor? at diversity.net.nz http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-2149 Thu, 05 Jun 2008 20:35:51 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-2149 [...] Design for wombling [...]

]]> By: Semantic web - why bother? « Derivadow.com http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-2141 Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:24:19 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-2141 [...] data, by people who would not normally have access to it, so that they can make things with it that weren’t originally thought of to delight end users. « links [...]

]]> By: There’s no such thing as a document - only HTTP? « Derivadow.com http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-2118 Sun, 11 May 2008 23:41:38 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-2118 [...] download that JavaScript and eval it to spider it? And what about everyone else? URLs are great for wombling – they can be bookmarked, tagged and [...]

]]> By: Tom http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1668 Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:09:22 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1668 @Matt

Maybe – certainly Phil coined the phrase before I heard it from R&P – apologies Phil for not crediting you in the original article.

]]> By: Matt http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1667 Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:30:01 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1667 Heh. I wonder if they nicked it off Phil from Flow???
http://www.blackbeltjones.com/work/?p=93

]]> By: Ladies and gentlemen I give you comprehensive programme support « Derivadow http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1608 Thu, 18 Oct 2007 12:58:59 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1608 [...] the aggregation pages (e.g. …/programmes/genre/music) are human readable and hackable, they support wombling. Filed under: BBC, Information Architecture, Metadata, Microformats, Technology, Web [...]

]]> By: Wabi-Sabi - Design to age « Derivadow http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1535 Tue, 11 Sep 2007 21:30:09 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1535 [...] without thought for how they will age nor how their users might wish to hack the system – to womble – to use the system in unexpected [...]

]]> By: Tom http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1163 Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:13:27 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1163 Thanks. Though I can’t take credit for the name. I first heard Richard Seymour and Dick Powell introduce the idea at a presentation about product design four or five years ago.

]]> By: Harry http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-for-wombling/#comment-1161 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 10:52:36 +0000 http://derivadow.com/2007/06/01/design-to-support-wombling/#comment-1161 Academic researchers call this “design for appropriation”. I much prefer your term “design for wombing”. It’s unpretentious, memorable, and it would let you have a photo of Wombles in your PowerPoint presentation which has got to be a good thing.

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