The Social Side of Design

Joshua Porter of Bokardo has an interesting piece, You Can't Be Social By Yourself on designing the user experience and social design. He points to Connecting Through Technology, not With It, Crysta Metcalf's recent piece on social design. Gong Szeto commented that perhaps technology enabled communication is neither synchronous nor asynchronous, but in-between, more like bas-relief.

Earlier, Porter initiated a lively discussion about design and art. Here's the original article, 5 Principles to Design By, an update focused on the relationship between art and design, and his summary of the most interesting quotes.