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The EU’s eUSER project
Strategic planning for the future at Siemens
Microsoft opening major research centre in Turin, Italy?
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…
Arts Management newsletter on creative industries
Turbo-charging e-government
‘Digital natives’ changing office culture and news organisations
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]
Poking a Stick Into The ‘Hive Mind’ [Newsweek]
Most UK youth on social networking sites [Financial Times]
The Journey to the Interface: how public service design can connect users to reform
Britain’s digital tribes revealed [BBC]
How kayak users built a new industry [HBS Working Knowledge]
Children’s Museum of Manhattan emphasises play as foundation of learning [The New York Times]
Mobile internet is still a turn-off [The Register]
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…