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Jeff Waters, a long time reader and supporter of mondaydots has made his first dot video! You can find the original blog post on his blog, Life up Front. Jeff uses a great story to help the viewer (aimed at the Computer Aided Engineering, project management, and new product development audience) understand the need for the Space Claim product he sells.

Really nice work Jeff! Keep it up and I look forward to your next dot video!

mind the information gap

watch "mind the information gap" on vimeo

In reading "Driven" and "Made to Stick" I stumbled across an incredibly interesting idea. It's called Information Gap Theory. Dr. George Lowenstien wrote a paper about it in 1994 and it works like this: when we come across something new that is not explained by our previous knowledge or experiences, an information gap is formed. If you are a designer, creator or communicator, understanding how to use this gap will have great rewards. 

New Product Development Window Model

The world of new product development is fast paced and can be incredibly confusing to an outsider (sometimes even an insider). Furthermore it is an area of business where a bad decision or a delay in the decision making process can cost a company hundreds of thousands of dollars a day.

Neal Mitchell with Fastworks, a New Product Development Consulting firm based in the Silicon Valley, has done an excellent job explaining the evolution of a New Product Development Project using mondayDots. The direct post can be viewed here: Evolution of a NPD Project

You can view the company blog here http://www.fastworks.us/weblog/