Category Innovation
Videos available of the IIT Institute of Design Strategy Conference
Web 2.0 is the web as it was originally envisioned – the internet of things is the real departure
New UK centre of excellence in design, engineering, technology and business
Spanish translation of Experientia interview with Anne Kirah
Luis López Toledo, a Chilean industrial designer, has published a Spanish translation of the interview I did last year with Anne Kirah, former senior design anthropologist at Microsoft’s MSN Customer Design Centre, and currently dean of the new 180º Academy…
Jesse James Garrett of Adaptive Path on delivering value through experience
Interview with Mike Kuniavsky
Tamara Adlin, a user experience consultant in Seattle, just published a long interview with Mike Kuniavsky on her interesting website UX Pioneers. Mike Kuniavsky (blog) researches, designs and writes about people’s experiences at the intersection of technology and everyday life.…
MIT Technology Review interviews Bill Moggridge
LIFT conference video selection
I found some time today to watch the videos of the 2007 LIFT conference presentations. Here are my preferred ones: Panel discussion on technological overload with Stefana Broadbent of Swisscom Innovations (14:25); Daniela Cerqui, anthropologist at University of Lausanne, about…
Gartner’s interview with Eric von Hippel
MyThings – Social Networking meets the Internet of Things
MyThings (as the name suggests) is an online registry of members’ possessions, from jewellery and electronics to cars and boats, writes Joanna Bawa on Usability News. Sign up and gain access to a range of services including valuation, recovery after…
Web 2.0 is not for India
Avnish Bajaj, co-founder and Managing Director of Matrix India (the $150-million India fund of Matrix Partners, a global venture capital company) thinks Web 2.0 is not for India: “I think people are wasting their time on Web 2.0 in India.”…
Experientia launches Italian version of Putting People First
We are very pleased to announce that we have created an Italian version of Putting People First. Siamo molto lieti di annunciare la realizzazione di una versione italiana di Putting People First. It contains summaries of all the articles of…
NESTA call for user-focused solutions to mental health problems
The UK’s National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) is calling for innovative project proposals from front-line workers, carers and people with direct experience of mental distress, to tackle some of the key challenges surrounding mental health in…
New tricks and old dogs
Ubiquitous computing is messy
McKinsey on how businesses are embracing Web 2.0. But why are they afraid of blogs?
France caters to market for the most simple of computers [International Herald Tribune]
I just wrote on Core77 how French Internet service provider, Neuf Cegetel, has taken inspiration from the legendary Minitel to develop the Easyneuf computer based on a similar low-cost model, aimed at people who are unable or unwilling to buy…