Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
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The New Yorker on the feature paradox
Vodafone’s Receiver magazine is “at home”
The latest issue of Vodafone’s Receiver magazine (#18) is entitled “at home” and is introduced as follows: Digital media are entering the connectivity as a matter of course era, and they are entering the “home zone”: the home (for many…
Interview with Mike Kuniavsky
Tamara Adlin, a user experience consultant in Seattle, just published a long interview with Mike Kuniavsky on her interesting website UX Pioneers. Mike Kuniavsky (blog) researches, designs and writes about people’s experiences at the intersection of technology and everyday life.…
MIT Technology Review interviews Bill Moggridge
Delta Airlines: change the experience / experience change
Swisscom launches Room 2.0
CHI 2007 – Can user-centred design be harmful?
Researchers and practitioners meeting at CHI 2007 produced the surprising argument that user-centred design is a bad idea, writes Andy Daerden on Usability News. Instead, a range of alternative approaches were proposed for projects in developing countries such as “community…
Social lending gains net interest
“Now there is a wave of sites trying to convince people that the web is the place for their money,” writes Katie Ledger of BBC’s Click Online. “The concept is called social lending and the idea is to introduce people…
Gartner’s interview with Eric von Hippel
MyThings – Social Networking meets the Internet of Things
MyThings (as the name suggests) is an online registry of members’ possessions, from jewellery and electronics to cars and boats, writes Joanna Bawa on Usability News. Sign up and gain access to a range of services including valuation, recovery after…
Healthcare insurers conduct ethnographic research and test prototypes to provide more personalised experiences
Forrester’s new Social Technographics report
Web 2.0 is not for India
Avnish Bajaj, co-founder and Managing Director of Matrix India (the $150-million India fund of Matrix Partners, a global venture capital company) thinks Web 2.0 is not for India: “I think people are wasting their time on Web 2.0 in India.”…
Vodafone research on what women expect from mobile phones
Experientia launches Italian version of Putting People First
We are very pleased to announce that we have created an Italian version of Putting People First. Siamo molto lieti di annunciare la realizzazione di una versione italiana di Putting People First. It contains summaries of all the articles of…
Participation on Web 2.0 sites remains weak
Nokia global user study on where people carry their phone
Torino 2008 World Design Capital launches Torino GEODESIGN
Yesterday I went to a press conference by Torino 2008 World Design Capital at the Milan Design Fair which presented TORINO GEODESIGN. TORINO GEODESIGN (described in more detail in this Core77 article) is an international competition which will bring designers…