Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
A series of web pages on the France Telecom/Orange site give an insight in how the company moves from the many ideas that come out of R&D, to a product or service that is ready for the market. In 2005-2006,…
A few weeks ago I attended the CHI conference in Florence, Italy. I was only there for a day and a half, and this being my first CHI conference, I am not in a position to give it a solid…
Here is my selection on emerging markets related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available) Re-placing faith: reconsidering the secular-religious use divide in the United States and Kenya [abstract] Authors: Susan P. Wyche…
Here is my selection on mobile banking related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) From meiwaku to tokushita!: lessons for digital money design from Japan [abstract] Authors: Scott Mainwaring (Intel Research), Wendy…
Here is my selection on mobility related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) A diary study of mobile information needs [abstract] Authors: Timothy Sohn, Kevin A. Li, William G. Griswold, and James…
Here is my selection on security related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Love and authentication [abstract] Authors: Markus Jakobsson (Palo Alto Research Center), Erik Stolterman (Indiana University), Susanne Wetzel (Stevens Institute…
Here is my selection on papers related to social applications presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Ambient social tv: drawing people into a shared experience [abstract] Authors: Gunnar Harboe, Crysta J. Metcalf, Frank…
Here is my selection on papers related to social context presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Celebratory technology: new directions for food research in HCI [abstract] Authors: Andrea Grimes (Georgia Institute of Technology)…
Here is my selection on papers on more strategic issues presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Empathy and experience in HCI [abstract] Authors: Peter Wright (Sheffield Hallam University) and John McCarthy (University College…
Here is my selection on sustainability related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) A bright green perspective on sustainable choices [abstract] Authors: Allison Woodruff (Intel Research), Jay Hasbrouck (Intel) and Sally Augustin…
Here is my selection on usability related papers presented at CHI 2008. (Papers are linked to their pdf downloads, if available.) Usability evaluation considered harmful (some of the time) [abstract] Authors: Saul Greenberg (University of Calgary) and Bill Buxton (Microsoft…
Luca Chittaro (blog) of Il Sole 24 Ore’s Novà just published his last three CHI 2008 interviews: Talking cars A collaboration between Toyota and Stanford University is experimenting a talking car interface that does much more than navigation, providing safety…
The MIT Media Laboratory and Bank of America today announced the creation of the Center for Future Banking, a five-year collaboration to which Bank of America has committed $3-5 million annually. The new research center, which will be located at…
Luca Chittaro (blog), who covers the CHI 2008 conference in Florence for Novà , the innovation supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy’s business newspaper, continues with his gruelling pace of interviews. Here is another batch: Technology among the homeless We…
Luca Chittaro (blog), a professor at the University of Udine, covers the CHI 2008 conference in Florence for Novà , the innovation supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore, Italy’s business newspaper. He is already at the pre-conference workshops where he is…
Paul Marks examines in the New Scientist how far people are prepared to go in accepting robots as social partners. “Duke is careering noisily across a living room floor resplendent in the dark blue and white colours of Duke University…
“By 2020 the terms ‘interface’ and ‘user’ will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans,” is the first sentence of a short article on the BBC News site. According to the BBC, “it is one of the predictions…
Darren Waters of BBC News recently visited Nokia’s scientists and researchers at their lab in Palo Alto to talk about the future of mobile phones in three, five and eight years, and also beyond that. The first thing he highlighted…
The Design Council published a report from a fact-finding tour to the Netherlands, Denmark and Finland that explored how cross-disciplinary teaching and learning is changing the nature of design. The tour members, which were academics and policy makers and also…
Very interesting article on the BBC news site on how Nokia is transforming itself from a device manufacturer into a software and services company that monetises its software know-how through selling devices, and the strategic role that research plays in…