DesignAday

My name is Jack Moffett. I am an Interaction Designer with over ten years of experience. According to Herb Simon, that makes me an expert, so I must have something worth sharing. I have started this venture as an exercise to spur critical thinking about my chosen profession. I hope that others may find it thought provoking as well.

DesignAday will present a brief thought about Design every weekday.
Apr 24
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Synchrosurprised

Back in November, I wrote about Microsoft’s new Sync system, which is currently available in Ford vehicles. I was impressed when a reviewer reported that the speech recognition actually worked well.

Some of the people I’ve been working with the past two weeks flew up from Charleston, SC and got a rental car—a Ford equipped with Sync. I rode with them to lunch, and as we were returning, they decided it was time for some entertainment.

Ding. “Play artist The Beatles.”
“Playing artist The Eagles.”

Hilarity ensued.

Not once were we able to achieve the desired result. I’ll give Microsoft one thing: it certainly was entertaining.