Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Culture
Thumb Culture: The Meaning of Mobile Phones for Society (Book)
The future of clothes
Welcome to the new dollhouse [The New York Times]
Forty percent of Americans play electronic games, poll shows [Seattle Times]
Uday Dandavate on striking a balance
Through Core77, I learned about the thinking of Uday Dandavate, a principal of the participatory design agency Sonic Rim. Dandavate, who is trained as an industrial designer and is from Indian origin, is a thorough believer in the duty of…
New media design for cultural institutions
Vodafone online magazine on mobile phones and the yearning factor
We Media: creating a better-informed society by collaborating with one another
The WE Media Global Forum is a conference that brings together “the trailblazers of the connected society – the thinkers, innovators, investors, executives and activists seeking to tap the potential of digital networks connecting people everywhere”, or in short “how…
Forbes special report on communicating
The multitasking generation [Time Magazine]
The importance of context in assessing the user experience of mobile devices
In her blog gotomobile design ethnographer Kelly Goto reflects extensively on the importance of context assessment and the challenges of usability testing when assessing the user experience of mobile devices, as opposed to other electronic devices. “Surrounding the entire mobile…
Intel hiring more than 100 anthropologists and other social scientists [MIT Technology Review]
Why is Intel, the giant chip maker, in the process of hiring more than 100 anthropologists and other social scientists to work side by side with its engineers? While the success of this strategy will become clearer over the next…
Teens living at the digital edge [International Herald Tribune]
While the emerging generation’s deftness with technology is a given, researchers say the most potent byproduct may be the feedback factor, which only accelerates the cycles of what’s hot and what’s over. “We think that the single largest differentiator…
Age of information overload [CNN]
Books are being scanned to make them searchable on the Internet. Television broadcasts are being recorded and archived for online posterity. Radio shows, too, are getting their digital conversion — to podcasts. All these new resources have vast potential to…
The MySpace Generation [Business Week]
Being online, being a Buzzer, is a way of life for millions of young Americans across the country. And increasingly, social networks are their medium. Preeminent among these virtual hangouts is MySpace.com, whose membership has nearly quadrupled since January alone,…
MuLiMob: multilingualism and mobility
MuLiMob is an EU financed multi-partner project aimed at using Europe’s linguistic and cultural diversity as hallmark to bolster the mobile market. MuLiMob will review and analyse elements to be changed, fine-tuned and solved in order to develop wireless applications…
Turning kids into fierce consumers [The Guardian]
The Guardian has a fascinating and slightly depressing article about the multi-million-pound industry intent on turning teenagers and toddlers into passionate consumers. British child is familiar with up to 400 brand names by the time they reach the age of…
What’s cool online? Teenagers render verdict [The New York Times]
As part of Advertising Week 2005, interactive advertising agencies tried to answer the question what teenagers want.
Qualitative Yahoo! research on teens and technology
A brand new Yahoo! and OMD focus group and ethnographic study of 13-24 year on interactive and wireless technologies.