Thinking Innovation

I'm Tim Letscher, music snob, caffeine addict and geek. I'm also Solution Principal for Slalom. In past lives, I've been a strategist, interactive designer and user experience expert. I don't post here any longer. Check out my Medium musings – username = @let5ch

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Immo-eps01-how we met from Tim Letscher on Vimeo.

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Slalom Speaks - Everyone Needs Their Lime Scooter Moment from Tim Letscher on Vimeo.

In this speech, I share how my Stoic philosophy and views on control are put to the test as a parent of a daughter who is soon going out on her own to college.

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Thinking of Pat Pepper from Tim Letscher on Vimeo.

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Ts Wayzata Grad Speech from Tim Letscher on Vimeo.

This video is about Ts Grad Speech project

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2018 season video from Tim Letscher on Vimeo.

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I’ll post more here: instagram.com/nathanwpyle

Take a deep breath. 

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New shirt added to my wife’s shop - Hope trumps fear. 

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The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn like fabulous roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue center light pop and everybody goes ‘AWWW!'

Jack Kerouac

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Open your eyes and see what you can with them before they close forever.

Anthony Doerr, “All the Light We Cannot See”

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Always design a thing by considering it in its next larger context — a chair in a room, a room in a house, a house in an environment, an environment in a city plan.

Eliel Saarinen

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As the online connected world is fragmenting back into a more natural version of how we communicate in meat space, i.e. smaller group conversations, Twitter has updated their Messaging functionality to allow groups of up to 20 people to chat with each other. One quirk that could turn out to be fun is that anyone in the group can add to that 20 so people don't have to all follow each other in order to join.

Twitter also updated their in-app camera to include videos up to 30 seconds. The vids can be recorded directly in the app or you can add a video from your camera roll. Take that, 16-second Instagram…

Read more here: https://blog.twitter.com/2015/now-on-twitter-group-direct-messages-and-mobile-video-capture

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An inconvenience is only an adventure wrongly considered; an adventure is an inconvenience rightly considered.

GK Chesterston, On Running After Ones Hat, All Things Considered, 1908

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An Illustration Featuring ’20 Things That Happened on the Internet in 2014′

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Aubrey Plaza Rallies Brands on Behalf of Newcastle Brown Ale to Pool Their Marketing Budget for a Group Commercial

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yes please

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Another Voice-to-text gem

"Hey Tran this is ____ over at over pop I hope you're doing wanted a just want to give you a quick call and follow up in regards to your interest in summer popping restoration ponies men earlier today. Hi daddy calling coordinate that 45 minute appointment that was referenced and the package you received

I look 40 hearing from you have a great day."

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New report: The age of gigabit connectivity is dawning. How will it change our lives and societies? Experts weigh in.

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Adaptive Path is dead. Long live Adaptive Path!

With Capital One acquiring Adaptive Path, they planted a flag firmly in the territory of User Experience Design. In an industry where the bottom line is the only line, Capital One has made the definitive statement that User Experience matters. Since 2001, Adaptive Path has championed the practice of UX by putting people at the center of our solutions and making sure businesses met their needs and desires. They literally wrote the book on User Experience before most people could even define the term.

  In a connected and mobile world, the blurred lines of paid/owned/earned or digital/physical demand an approach rooted in UX and customer journeys. Capital One has in effect made UX a competitive advantage, taking a major player off the streets and out of the consulting role. The team of experts that advised NPR, Harvard Business Review, Wells Fargo, and Intel will now be disrupting and ultimately improving the financial services industry. The good news is Adaptive Path will still publish their thoughts and continue producing conferences and workshops. The practice of User Experience Design can still benefit from Adaptive Path’s collective expertise.