Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Design
Berners-Lee calls for Web 2.0 calm [The Register]
Five years after the first internet bubble burst, we’re now witnessing the backlash against Web 2.0 and a plethora of me-too business plans, marketing pitches and analyst reports exploiting the nebulous phrase. Tim Berners-Lee, the individual credited with inventing the…
The EU’s eUSER project
Strategic planning for the future at Siemens
Two new thematic Experientia blogs
Experientia, the international experience design consultancy, launches today two new thematic blogs: E-Democracy is aimed at public authorities. It gathers information on citizen participation and the use of web 2.0 technologies in the websites of public authorities, public administrations and…
Turbo-charging e-government
The Serious Games Initiativew
Participatory design – and why it’s more than user-centred-design
In a reflective article written as a follow-up to the Participatory Design conference held a few weeks ago in Trento, Italy, Ann Light dissects the difference between participatory design (PD) and user-centred design (UCD). “What is the status of the…
Get out of that rut and into the shower [The New York Times]
Microsoft to let players design own games [The New York Times]
The Journey to the Interface: how public service design can connect users to reform
Vodafone online magazine on social networking the mobile way
Cellphones top Iraqi cool list [The New York Times]
“Cellphones have long been considered status symbols in developing countries, Iraq included. But in an environment [like Iraq] where hanging out is potentially life threatening, cellphones are also a window into dreams and terrors, the macabre local sense of humor…
Swisscom study on how we use communication means [Business Week]
Planning Portal – enabling transformational government
Planning Portal is not only a successful example of technology enablement in service delivery but could prove to be a tremendous asset for local authorities in their quest to develop and deliver citizen centric services, says eGov monitor. Just under…