Domino’s does have really fun online capabilities in the US, though. You can track exactly where the pizza is, though every step of the process – from getting the order, through cooking to delivery. Kent showed me in LA last year. It was very cool.

Nice article, but some source-linkage would be nice. There’s a similar blog at http://plasticsnews.com/china/english/chinablog/2009/04/china_culture_business_1_the_p.html — with interesting discussions and a bit more insight into Chinese culture there.

Very good point about the conversation. When people are passionate about something, it really shows through, like the weather channel on the Wii. Never before has something made me want to wander around and check the weather in random parts of the world.

My favorite aspects are the little details. How the globe slowly slides to a stop. What cities are visible based on how you move the globe. The South Pole. If you look at Japan, they use their national forecast iconography (a sun, closed umbrella, and open umbrella) instead of the sun and clouds everywhere else.

And people who care passionately can easily get caught up in conversations like this one, working their findings into what they do, while other people watch from the sidelines.

I love this stuff.

Your story about thinking about all the different kinds of designers. It reminds me a lot of designer conversations I’ve heard. You know the type. Where other people around the room end up shaking their heads wondering why you are talking about the weather channel interface on the Wii.

I hope you don’t mind me reading your blog. I ended up here from Linkedin.