Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category HCD / UXD
Anne Kirah: “When culture meets technology and when technology meets culture”
Anne Kirah, until recently Senior Design Anthropologist at the Microsoft Corporation, spoke recently about her experience in developing software user interfaces that are based on local cultural conditions. The 50 minute talk, which can be seen in video stream, was…
Belgium’s i-City project tests mobile applications with thousands of users
55% of potential 3G portal users are lost due to basic usability issues
Users turn their noses up at mobile TV
Ubicomp and user experience at LIFT07
Nicolas Nova, one of the organisers of last week’s LIFT conference, has posted what he calls his “not very well structured thoughts on the LIFT07 talks about ubiquitous computing” on his blog Pasta and Vinegar. “There was a dedicated session…
The human factor in gadget, Web design [CNET News]
Be connected on the go: not anytime – not anywhere [Swisscom Innovations]
Ajax vs. page views – web metrics vs. usability [USA Today]
LIFT07: the private is invading the workplace, not the other way around
Demos project on user-led service design in local authorities
Toy fair becomes tech fair for kids [Wired News]
Jan Chipchase of Nokia on literacy and mobile phone design
Illiterate consumers are in many ways lead users for the rest of us, argues Jan Chipchase, principal researcher at Nokia, at his presentation at the LIFT conference. A person is literate who can with understanding both read and write a…
Co-leader of IDEO’s Consumer Experience Design Practice on how design can drive growth
Information architecture, meet the enterprise web [CMS Watch]
MIT’s Mobile Experience Lab
The MIT Mobile Experience Lab is a new established research lab within the MIT Design Laboratory. Through its research it aims to radically reinvent and design the connections between people, ideas, physical places and information technologies in order to improve…
Microsoft provides more background on Windows Vista user research
Unfriendly technology is creating a digital divide in the workforce, warns Deloitte [Computing Magazine]
Condé Nast Italy launches Style.it portal, based on Experientia input
Condé Nast Italy launched today Style.it, a fashion, lifestyle and entertainment portal for the young Italian woman. The new portal upgrades the existing and very popular Vogue/Vanity and Glamour websites. During the concept development and design of the portal, Experientia…