Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Foresight
Videos of “Digital, Life, Design” conference online
Demanding Innovation: Lead markets, public procurement and innovation
The Economist on the end of the cash era
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…
Experientia partner Jan-Christoph Zoels on interaction design
Technology transforming relationship between the elected and the electorate of Europe [eGov monitor]
Europe has celebrated 50 years of peace and political progression, but the next 50 will see massive changes in the relationship between the electorate and politicians thanks to technology. That was the message from the Microsoft Government Leader’s Forum 2007…
Interview with Adam Greenfield on the user experience of ubiquitous computing
Régine Debatty (of we-make-money-not-art) and Nicolas Nova (co-organiser of the upcoming LIFT conference) have together interviewed Adam Greenfield in which he focuses on the user experience of ubiquitous computing. Greenfield is the principal of design consultancy Studies and Observations, and…
Futurist John Seely Brown: To fix education, think Web 2.0
Ahtisaari talk on the future of mobility
Nokia presents video scenarios of the future
World Economic Forum briefing materials
Massive Change and the City
In conjunction with the Massive Change exhibit that recently ended in Chicago, the Museum of Contemporary Art and the City of Chicago Department of the Environment organised a one-day symposium that brought together experts in urbanization, energy, evolution, information, wealth…
UK foresight studies identify emerging trends over the next 50 years
Via the BBC I found out about the Sigma and Delta foresight scans, with nearly 250 papers that look ahead at developments over the next 50 years. The research was commissioned by the UK Office of Science and Innovation‘s Horizon…
Alcatel-Lucent CTO sees telco future of “comminfotainment” [International Herald Tribune]
Vodafone’s Receiver magazine on gaming and playing
What if your laptop knew how you felt? [Christian Science Monitor]
Don Norman outlines three challenges for HCI
The ever-increasing complexity of everyday things, the ever-increasing burden of security, authentication, and identification and the ever-increasing use of automation are according to Don Norman the three large, overriding issues in the field of human-computer interaction. After all, he writes…