User-centred design at the Young Tate
Tim Berners-Lee launches research project on social implications of web’s development
According to the BBC, Sir Tim Berners-Lee (Wikipedia | blog) wants to set up a research project to study the social implications of the web’s development. “The changes experienced to date because of the internet are just the start of…
The future of technology, according to Motorola
The impact of Ajax on user experience
A closed mind about an open world [Financial Times]
12 consumer values to drive technology-related product and service innovations
Orange reports on the workplace of 2016
The difficulties of Web 2.0 measurement
Third generation Living Labs: the quest for user-centred mobile services
Faced with a context of a vast and still growing supply of relatively cheap and effective information and communications technology (ICT) and stimulated demand for new solutions to achieve mobility, even seamless mobility, Prof Jan Annerstedt and Sascha Haselmayer raise…
The Economist on mobile telephony and banking
“Most South Africans do not have bank accounts. But most do have mobile phones,” writes The Economist today in a story about mobile telephony and banking with a particular focus on Africa. “About half a million South Africans now use…
Knowledge@Wharton on getting to the heart of the customer
Making computing a people science [Computer News Middle East]
Book: Worldchanging – A User’s Guide for the 21st Century
“A new book—an outgrowth of a popular Web site—focuses on simple and complex innovations that could solve global crises,” writes Reena Jana in Business Week. “The three-year-old Web site Worldchanging.com has quickly established itself as a source for original, sophisticated…
Launching event: European Network of Living Labs
Interfaces for people, not products [UX matters]
“The digitising of information, the rapid rise of digital information systems, and increased access to those systems by a broad range of people have challenged the way in which we look at specialists and the roles they play”, writes Jonathan…