Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
Category Left behind
UK think tank Demos on education for a digital generation
UK foresight studies identify emerging trends over the next 50 years
Via the BBC I found out about the Sigma and Delta foresight scans, with nearly 250 papers that look ahead at developments over the next 50 years. The research was commissioned by the UK Office of Science and Innovation‘s Horizon…
Crowdsourcing product development
Participatory media and the pedagogy of civic participation
Waking up to a surveillance society
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…
Jakob Nielsen on getting more users to contribute
ThinkCycle: open collaborative design
ThinkCycle is an academic, non-profit initiative, developed and operated by a group of doctoral students at the MIT Media Laboratory, engaged in supporting distributed collaboration towards design challenges among underserved communities and the environment. ThinkCycle seeks to create a culture…
Britain’s digital tribes revealed [BBC]
Digital diversity – the end game?
David Gyimah, a video journalist and the director of the Broadcast Journalism Training Council (BJTC), has written a thought-provoking article on the future of diversity in the rapidly developing world of the net and connected mobile devices. “If the net…
Older people ‘missing out’ online [BBC]
Older people are missing out on critical services because they do not use the internet, a report says. Just 28% of people over the age of 65 have home internet access, compared to a UK average of 57% of households.…
Web accessibility soon mandatory in Europe? [CNet News]
The 34 EU member states on Wednesday signed up for the “Internet for all” action plan, designed to ensure that the most Web-disadvantaged groups can get online. The EC has now pledged to increase broadband coverage across the continent to…
Eldy, an operating system for the elderly
Nokia design director describes second stage of mobile communications
This afternoon Nokia’s Design Director Marko Ahtisaari talked about “Mobile 2.0: Social Renaissance†at Reboot 8.0 in Copenhagen, Denmark. In his talk, which is summarised by Nicolas Nova on Pasta & Vinegar, Ahtisaari described the second stage of mobile communication.…
At museums: invasion of the podcasts [New York Times]
Major usability and accessibility initiative launched in the UK [BBC]
PsychNology, a journal on the relationship between humans and technology
Philips design magazine on emerging markets, sustainability and innovation
Philips released today the April issue of new value by One Design, its online quarterly design magazine. The current issue starts with an introductory article on designing for emerging markets by Stefano Marzano, CEO and chief creative director, and then…
HP targets “next billion customers” with technologies for growing economies
HP yesterday announced new technologies, created by researchers in HP Labs India, which are designed to help grow opportunities in rapidly expanding economies. The technologies, which primarily focus on India but also address markets in China, Russia and Brazil, are…