Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Handbook of Mobile Communication Studies Edited by James E. Katz Afterword by Manuel Castells MIT Press, 2008 Hardcover, 486 pages Abstract Mobile communication has become mainstream and even omnipresent. It is arguably the most successful and certainly the most rapidly…
A few weeks ago we were contacted by Marco Bevolo of Philips Design who was looking for some advance feedback on the book he is writing together with co-authors Stefano Marzano (also Philips Design), Dr. Howard R. Moskowitz and Alex…
The Guardian reviews a book that argues that our privacy is under threat by increased digital surveillance. Being able to make your own decisions and hold your own views without interference; controlling information about yourself; and being in charge of…
The May issue of UX matters contains an interview with Lou Rosenfeld and Liz Danzico of the publishing house Rosenfeld Media, a publisher of user experience design books. After working on five books as an editor or co-author, Lou Rosenfeld…
The French magazine Chronic’Art recently interviewed Adam Greenfield (Nokia’s new head of design direction) about his recent book Everyware and ubiquitous computing in general. An English version of the interview can be found on Greenfield’s blog. Read interview
Today I read Groundswell: winning a world transformed by social technologies (alternate site – amazon page) by Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff (analysts at Forrester). [I was sent a review copy].   It is a book aimed senior managers in charge…
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…
The Future of the Internet–And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain Yale University Press April 2008, 352 pages Abstract This extraordinary book explains the engine that has catapulted the Internet from backwater to ubiquity—and reveals that it is sputtering…
A two-day conference this week will bring together scholars, developers and participants in virtual worlds to discuss the emerging cultures being created from a range of online communities. Event organizers theorize that virtual worlds can be studied by researchers in…
“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…
Last week I wrote about Clay Shirky’s new book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organising without Organisations. Now WorldChanging has published an extensive interview that Jon Lebkowski did with him: Clay Shirky is an influential writer, consultant, and teacher…
Newsweek’s Katie Paul interviews Richard Florida to find out how new ‘creative classes’ are changing cities around the world and what our chosen cities say about us. Here is the introduction: Is it just a cultural quirk that the New…
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organising without Organisations by Clay Shirky is an “examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them,…
“We Think”, the new book by Charles Leadbeater, a UK-based innovation thinker and spokesman for collective creativity, has just been published. Society is based not on mass consumption now but on mass, innovative participation – as is clear in phenomena…
A new book was published (and is available free online) on what might be happening to our out privacy and ultimately reputation in an age of ubiquitous personal information. The Future of Reputation: Gossip, Rumor, and Privacy on the Internet…
Rosenfeld Media has just released its first book Mental Models: Aligning Design Strategy With Human Behavior by Indi Young. There is no single methodology for creating the perfect product—but you can increase your odds. One of the best ways is…
Subject To Change: Creating Great Products & Services for an Uncertain WorldAdaptive Path on Design By Peter Merholz, Todd Wilkens, Brandon Schauer, David Verba First Edition February 2008 (est.) Paperback, 184 pages O’Reilly Media, Inc To achieve success in today’s…
New Tech, New Ties – How Mobile Communication Is Reshaping Social Cohesion Rich Ling The MIT Press – 256 pages – 2008 Abstract The message of this book is simple: the mobile phone strengthens social bonds among family and friends.…
Adam Greenfield is self-publishing his next book “The City Is Here For You To Use: Urban form and experience in the age of ubiquitous computing”. “The City Is Here For You To Use takes everything explored in Everyware as a…
User-Centered Design Stories: Real-World UCD Case Studies by Carol Righi and Janice James (Perficient, Inc.) Paperback: 560 pages Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann (Elsevier) Date: April 19, 2007 Intended for both the student and the practitioner, this is the first user-centered design…