Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
The International Herald Tribune reports that leading consumer technology companies “are revamping their audio and video equipment for a future centered around the Internet, a world in which televisions, stereos, computers – even kitchen appliances like dishwashers and refrigerators –…
Donald Norman has just posted a few excerpts from his draft book manuscript tentatively entitled “Sociable Design” for comments and reactions. Introduction Whether designing the rooftop of a building or the rear end of a home or business appliance, sociable…
A new generation of well-educated, technically-savvy young web users are shaping the media habits of the US, with one in 20 Americans saying they do not watch TV on a typical day and a sharp decline in newspaper readership, according…
Benjamin Dangl of AlterNet reflects on how cell phone use has crept into every aspect of daily life, ironically weakening the basic human communication that is the fabric of any community. As Slate commented in his Adbusters essay, “It seems…
It has been pointed out before [The Economist – San Francisco Chronicle] that immigrant workers are often the most advanced users of communications technology. The Italian newspaper La Repubblica today provided an unusual example of this phenomenon: drug dealers (which…
Coinciding with the introduction of Dell’s new laptops, the company launched a new community site called Digital Nomads (with not much Dell branding to be seen). According to a Dell press release, the site “is designed for individuals who are…
Because today’s social networking rarely function or perform well on a mobile device, Oz Communications CEO Jim Knapik argues that carriers must find a simple way to bring the best social networking communities to the mobile masses. A complete mobile…
No one disputes the exponentially greater accessibility of information and connections online, argues Marina Krakovsky in Stanford Magazine, but opinions vary on how genuine or effective online relationships can be. Among others, the author points out that social networks “take…
Jennifer van der Meer wrote a long article, published today on Core77, on how the green movement taps participatory networks to drive innovation. The emergence of more user-centered-thinking has given designers an influence well beyond the old drafting table. Upstream…
There’s a revolution beginning in the practice of medicine, argues Bob Leckridge, a medical doctor who is working in Scotland. It’s about a shift in power which will change the way doctors work. The traditional doctor-patient relationship is based on…
Jan Chipcase, Nokia’s user researcher, is the latest contributor in the ongoing series of emerging markets articles that are being published on a weekly basis in Vodafone Receiver’s magazine. Chipchase stresses that his research is more than just “an attempt…
The upcoming edition of the internationally renowned LIFT conference will take place in Geneva on February 25, 26 and 27, 2009. The LIFT09 conference will explore the new forms of socialization with sessions about the impact of new technologies on…
Fora TV (a.k.a. “the thinking man’s YouTube”) has some videos that are worth taking a look at: Clay Shirky: Here Comes Everybody Aspen Institute – Jul. 06, 2008 Clay Shirky discusses his latest book, Here Comes Everybody, about the way…
There are quite a few new health-related social networking sites: Daily Strength Healia HopeCube ICYou iMedix I’m Too Young for This MDJunction MedHelp SugarStats TauMed Trusera TuDiabetes WEGOHealth Read more here
Matt Rhodes, head of client services at FreshNetworks, writes about a study that studies, tracks and measures the impact of the internet on consumer behaviour across three European countries (UK, France and Germany), and suggests that the internet is twice…
In May this year, the Guardian weekly published a 5-page special report for World Telecommunication and Information Society Day on how new technologies are improving the lives of people around the world, with a particular emphasis on developing nations. Articles…
If you are interested in the elderly, two interesting UK studies were published this week. The first report, “Living in the 21st century: older people in England” (press release – study download) presents a major longitudinal study (316 pages) about…
Demos, the UK “think tank for everyday democracy”, hosted a conversation with Clay Shirky a few days ago. He was in conversation with Demos Associate and School of Everything CEO Paul Miller, talking around the ideas thrown up by Here…
NESTA, the UK innovation organisation, has published a research report and policy briefing on how users are changing the rules of innovation. User-led innovation – where users play an active part in the development of new or improved products and…
I just wrote a long article on Core77 on the international three-day Changing the Change conference “on the role and potential of design research in the transition towards sustainability”, which just ended here in Turin, Italy.