Have We Forgotten How to Design?
a day ago
- #automation
- #design
- #technology
- Waymo partners with DoorDash to manually close car doors left open by passengers.
- Criticism of Waymo's inability to automate door closing despite advanced self-driving technology.
- Comparison to existing technologies like power-sliding doors that can automate door operations.
- Reflection on the tech industry's tendency to overlook obvious solutions in favor of complex implementations.
- Example given of Dropbox's unnecessary network access request for local file syncing.
- Discussion on the shift in designer roles from problem-solving to serving company directives.
- Critique of the 'move-fast-and-break-things' approach leading to suboptimal solutions.
- Irony noted in Waymo's reliance on human intervention despite its automation premise.
- Comparison to scooter companies needing human intervention to redistribute scooters.
- Suggestion to focus on moving people collectively rather than individual vehicles.