http://www.designforum.com Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 30 Aug 2010 19:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 en hourly 1 http://www.designforum.com/iphone-apps-beg-for-improvement/ http://www.designforum.com/iphone-apps-beg-for-improvement/#comments Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:19:25 +0000 Amanda Yates http://www.designforum.com/?p=674 Okay, I admit, I’m a technology laggard, but for the sake of “being in the know,” I have embraced the iPhone and downloaded those apps that I was told were “must haves.” So far The Weather Channel, Facebook, and Mah Jong have proven the most engaging. But here is one I’ve tried that I was told would revolutionize my grocery shopping... GroceryGadget. In theory, this should be a great one. Create your shopping list, take photos of preferred brands (so when Dad shops he knows what to buy), tick off your items as you shop, and the list recreates itself in the order products are shopped for next time. Total winner right? Not so much. Imagine pushing your cart down a crowded grocery aisle, baby in seat, purse hanging off shoulder (or shoved in baby’s lap), iPhone in purse (because let’s be real—holding a slippery, expensive piece of electronics while pushing a heavy cart whose wheels are probably not working properly just isn’t realistic), and scanning shelves.]]> http://www.designforum.com/iphone-apps-beg-for-improvement/feed/ 0 http://www.designforum.com/redefining-brand-in-an-age-of-frugality/ http://www.designforum.com/redefining-brand-in-an-age-of-frugality/#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:33:40 +0000 admin http://designforum.atomicclients.com/?p=292 http://www.designforum.com/redefining-brand-in-an-age-of-frugality/feed/ 1