Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the international UX consultancy
A few days ago Dori Tunstall, Associated Professor of Anthropology at the University of Illinois in Chicago, was recently interviewed on the Australian radio programme By Design. What can designers learn from anthropologists? Our guest today believes they can learn…
Dan Hill, former head of interactive technology and design at the BBC and currently director of web and broadcast at Monocle, has published a long article on the street of the future. Here is his introduction: “I was recently asked…
The recent 3rd International Living Knowledge conference (3LK) provided a forum where information on community based research, carried out in both community and academic settings, on new forms of partnerships between research and civil society and on new modes of…
Genevieve Bell is a highly respected anthropologist and director of user experience at Intel. In this interview with Australian usability consultant Gerry Gaffney, she talks about what it means to build technology with the home in mind, about cultural influences…
In a reflective and insightful paper, Dr. Genevieve Bell, a highly respected anthropologist and director of user experience at Intel, analyses the use of technology to support religious practices. Bell argues that “the ways in which new technologies are delivering…
Backpackers in Australia often wish to organise group activities, but have few collaboration methods available and only a trickle of communication is possible between them as they move. They regularly explore unfamiliar locations quickly, but have only basic resources to…
Mobile Community Design is a frequently updated blog that provides research and design information on mobile communities. It is maintained by Jeff Axup, a Ph.D. student in Information Environments at the University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia, and contains some…
Two recent Australian reports investigate how children and teens relate to internet and mobile devices. kidsonline@home – Internet use in Australian homes [April 2005] NetAlert and the Australian Broadcasting Authority recognised a need to capture behaviours and attitudes associated with…
“Smart Internet 2010” was an 18-month project conducted by Australia’s technology research consortium, the Smart Internet Technology CRC, to examine what the internet might evolve into by 2010 and the implications for end-users. The report was spearheaded by leading…