<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Tropisms</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog</link>
	<description>Thoughts from the center and the edge on design, technology, and the social behaviors that are affected by both.</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:04:04 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2</generator>
		<item>
		<title>The Treachery of Representation</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/the-treachery-of-representation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/the-treachery-of-representation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 14:04:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Design Models]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XD/UX]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Patterns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Desktop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphical User Interface]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haptics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Human Interaction Guidelines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jonathan Ive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metaphor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scott Forestall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Skeuomorphism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Xerox Parc]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=528</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recently, there was a shakeup inside Apple&#8217;s iOS software development group. Scott Forestall, its leader left Apple and industry watchers connected his departure with Jonathan Ive&#8217;s displeasure of Scott&#8217;s use of user interface elements such as leather, stitching and other adornments that mimicked historical objects in Calendar, Contacts and other Apple software. Skeuomorphism is the use&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/the-treachery-of-representation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>8512 is a Most Powerful Number</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/8512-is-a-most-powerful-number/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/8512-is-a-most-powerful-number/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2012 17:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kenya]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SMS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Toni Maraviglia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=518</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended Chicago Ideas Week and there was a presentation given by Toni Maraviglia, an educator who has lived in Kenya (East Africa) for over seven years. She was teaching in rural villages and observed that many students needed additional tutoring help through questions and answers to specific subjects. She began to explore how&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/8512-is-a-most-powerful-number/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Finding Meaning Naturally : An Interview with Jeannette Hanna</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/finding-meaning-naturally-an-interview-with-jeannette-hanna/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/finding-meaning-naturally-an-interview-with-jeannette-hanna/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 13:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flexible Work Environments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Authenticity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brand]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Canada]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Grey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Four Seasons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeannette Hanna]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Margaret Wheatley]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michael Porter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[systems thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tim Horton's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trajectory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westjet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=504</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeannette Hanna is one of the brightest brand strategists I have known in my professional career. We first met when I interviewed for a position at Spencer, Francey, Peters in Toronto. My impression of the company was a smart, laser-focused company integrating organizational design, brand strategy and identity systems. Jeannette had a lot to do&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/finding-meaning-naturally-an-interview-with-jeannette-hanna/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Augmenting IKEA&#8217;s Augmented Reality</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/augmenting-ikeas-augmented-reality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/augmenting-ikeas-augmented-reality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mobile Applications]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Augmented Reality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IKEA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[McCann]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=488</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently received news that IKEA was releasing a smart phone application that would integrate &#8220;augmented reality&#8221; technology. The company currently releases over 211 million catalogues in the United States and estimates that they have about a two-week shelf life before being tossed into the recycling bin. Source Of course being an advocate for IKEA&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/11/augmenting-ikeas-augmented-reality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Thinking with Your Gut</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/thinking-with-your-gut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/thinking-with-your-gut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 16:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Lectures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[AIGA Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Graphic design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Hoffmann]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Morningstar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Museum of Modern Art]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended an AIGA Chicago Design Thinking lecture series held at Morningstar with Julia Hoffmann, design director of the Museum of Modern Art. Being interested, I attended this lecture to understand how Julia would frame design thinking. The first thing she prefaced about design thinking is that she did not use the term or concept and had&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/thinking-with-your-gut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Are We Programmed to Work?</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/are-we-programmed-to-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/are-we-programmed-to-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 18:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Flexible Work Environments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[automation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[distribution centers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foxconn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mechanical Turk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[robots]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Terry Gou]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wolfgang von Kempelen]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As human beings are also animals, to manage one million animals gives me a headache. Terry Gou, Chairman, Foxconn That startling quote was in an article from the New York Times about the proliferation of robots in manufacturing and distribution centers. This proliferation is accelerating due to the increase in sophistication, programmability, miniaturization, and integration&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/are-we-programmed-to-work/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Is Data Experience Design?</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/is-data-experience-design/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/is-data-experience-design/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2012 13:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visualization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Apple Maps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Big Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brett Goldstein]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Pogue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IBM]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=462</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently attended a presentation by the City of Chicago&#8217;s Chief Technology Officer, Brett Goldstein who discussed the city&#8217;s desire to create a smarter city.  The desire is to create a more open and transparent municipal government. All government business is built on data transactions. The goal for the City of Chicago is to create&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/is-data-experience-design/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>A new Window to Windows?</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/a-new-window-to-windows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/a-new-window-to-windows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2012 16:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Emerging Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fast Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Larson-Green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Microsoft Tablet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MIT Media Lab Fluid Interfaces Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pattie Maes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sam Moreau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Windows 8]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=456</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It is a risk to do something new, but its also a risk to sit where we are.&#8221; Julie Larson-Green, Microsoft Fast Company had an interesting article &#8220;Microsoft Wipes the Slate&#8221; and the UX team that developed the new metaphors for Window 8 in general and Windows Mobile in particular. With the introduction of the&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/10/a-new-window-to-windows/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>What is it to be human? : Digital tools may provide a series of answers</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/what-is-it-to-be-human-digital-tools-may-provide-a-series-of-answers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/what-is-it-to-be-human-digital-tools-may-provide-a-series-of-answers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 14:55:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cognitive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Technologies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gordon Bell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intelligence Amplification]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London's Wellcome Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Kevin Warwick]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vernor Vinge]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=451</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What is it to be human? Fundamental questions such as these are both simple and complex because it is asking for the fundamental answer for an abstract concept. For many, this question conjures up the role of DNA and the millions of years of evolution that make us who we are today, or conversely the&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/what-is-it-to-be-human-digital-tools-may-provide-a-series-of-answers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Searching for Context : Interview with Sharon Poggenpohl</title>
		<link>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/searching-for-context-interview-with-sharon-poggenpohl/</link>
		<comments>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/searching-for-context-interview-with-sharon-poggenpohl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 12:42:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>akallish</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Interviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Philosophy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Basel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bauhaus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Integrations: Research and Collaboration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Design Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[graduate programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hong Kong Polytechnic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IIT/ID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute of Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PhD programs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rhode Island School of Design]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sharon Poggenpohl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The University of Reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Visible Language]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/?p=425</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sharon Poggenpohl has had a lifelong fascination with design. She is a dedicated educator that has focused her career on working with masters and PhD design candidates in the United States and internationally. I first met Sharon while attending graduate school at Rhode Island School of Design where she became an advisor on my thesis&#8230;]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.tropecollaborative.com/blog/2012/09/searching-for-context-interview-with-sharon-poggenpohl/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
