Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
An article in the New York Times Magazine brought me to an interesting article by behavioural economist Daniel Ariely, who has been featured previously on this blog: “Anybody who is honest about consumer behavior knows that often what we buy…
With every high-tech gadget we buy, we give up a little more privacy. Many devices today are in constant communication with their manufacturer. And it’s not just consumers who are losing their rights — the technology gives authoritarian states whole…
The Design for All Institute India has published a special issue of its newsletter together with IDZ International Design Centre, Berlin. Guest Editor is Prof Birgit Weller. Design for All Institute Of India is a self financed, non-profit voluntary organization,…
Benedict Singleton is in the later stages of a practice-based PhD on service design at Northumbria University. In his research he uses “critical, self-directed design projects, alongside literary and ethnographic strategies, to rethink some basic assumptions about service design –…
(Article contributed by Experientia editor Erin O’Loughlin:) On the 23rd July 2009, Experientia celebrated its fourth anniversary in style, at the stunning Villa Tiboldi in the lush Piemontese wine country. There was a lot to celebrate, in four years of…
Two articles by Richard MacManus on ReadWriteWeb caught my attention because they both deal with IBM and the Internet of Things. In a first article, MacManus describes how IBM is involved in some very interesting projects at the intersection of…
Anthropologist Stefana Broadbent says that modern communications aren’t expanding our circle of friends but are strengthening our most important relationships, reports Kevin Anderson on The Guardian’s PDA blog. “Modern communications are not expanding our social circle, but anthropologist Stefana Broadbent…
As part of a feature series on Facebook (see below), Newsweek explores how the digital world is changing the rules of modern courtship: “It wasn’t so long ago that the idea of a college romance playing out online—for better or…
Both the Guardian newspaper’s PDA blog and TED itself are posting regular updates from the current TEDGlobal conference in Oxford, UK. (TED stands for technology, entertainment and design, and it’s an exclusive conference that brings togethers thinkers and doers from…
In this three-part video series, originally posted on Adobe’s Inspire site (a publication from the Adobe Experience Design Team), watch highlights from the Adobe-sponsored roundtable discussion, moderated by former XD Director, Josh Ulm, and featuring leaders of the software industry,…
The Futures of Learning blog, which is associated with a MacArthur Foundation project, just completed an extensive literature review, conducted as part of the project, Inspiring the Technological Imagination: Museums and Libraries in a Digital Age. The work discussed…
The age of globalization is over. The coming 30 years will be shaped by the logic of scarcity, resulting in a turn away from global trade and the creation of self-reliant geopolitical zones. Wolfram Eilenberger argues on Spiegel Online that…
According to an Elsevier press release, the ew article prototype introduces non-linear structure, enhanced graphical navigation, and integrated multimedia. “Elsevier, the leading publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services, today announces the ‘Article of the Future’ project,…
In this article Jessica Ching, Laura Henneberry and Shally Lee share the findings of a collaborative project between the Ontario College of Art and Design (OCAD) and Canadian network operator TELUS. “Touch is a vital human need and a deeply…
While most people see mobile as the answer to so many problems, research from Nielsen Norman Group sees it as another problem on the list. “The key finding showed that users are 35 percent less successful completing Web site tasks…
The urge to describe experiences by telling a story runs throughout human history. From pictograms to hieroglyphs to the songs of the wandering bard, argues Ben Fullerton, we have developed many different ways of using storytelling devices such as allegory…
Ross Mayfield (blog), a leading social software entrepreneur and founder of Socialtext, talks on Nokia’s IdeasProject site about a major transformation in the way organizations assimilate ideas. Whereas in the past companies were protective and less inclined to track outside…
On 21 July 2009, Experientia turns four years old. From four friends and business partners to an office of over twenty staff and collaborators, Experientia has grown quickly. It’s a far cry from the early days of meeting in partners’…
The Globe and Mail newspaper of Canada looks at the future of libraries: Long the subject of warnings that the Internet would spell their demise, public libraries are booming through new branches, more resources and more computers. And in addition…
According to the New York Times, evidence suggests that crowdsourcing succeeds when it’s designed for specific tasks — and when the incentives attract the most effective collaborators. “A look at recent cases and new research suggests that open-innovation models succeed…