Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
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…
Robert Scoble, managing director of FastCompany.TV, thinks the online world isn’t always user-friendly, and argues how it easily could be. “The Internet, which is shorthand for “interconnected network” and is one of the most significant achievements in the history of…
Clay Shirky, author of the book Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organising without Organisations (see also these posts), was one of the presenters at the Web 2.0 conference: Mark Ury, chief experience architect for Blast Radius, was there and…
Business Week reports on how online aps such as Sports Tracker and Nokia Beta Lab, allow the Finnish handset giant to gather customers’ ideas from around the world, and virtually for free. “Sports Tracker is an example of how Nokia…
Microsoft UK is developing a “senior PC”, which will have a simple interface and be aimed at older users, writes Jane Wakefield on BBC News. The machine will come software that allows users to manage prescriptions as well as simplified…
A group of researchers from the University of Southern California and University of California at Berkeley presented their first findings from one of the largest ethnographic studies on kids in digital environments. Kids’ Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic…
Earlier this week, Linden Lab, creator of the well-known virtual world Second Life, announced a new CEO: Mark Kingdon, currently CEO of digital marketing firm Organic. He will be taking over in mid-May. Technology Review assistant editor Erica Naone spoke…
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…
The Times comments on a report on the significant digital divide in the UK, despite widepsread broadband and mobile coverage. One in five adult Britons is unable to open a word processing document on a computer, and just under 20…
IBM press release: At the 10th anniversary commemoration of IBM’s India Research Lab, the company this week unveiled a new initiative to bring even more features and functions to mobile devices as they continue to rival the PC as the…
iTunes U is an area of iTunes that lets universities in the US share – for free! – audio and video from their lectures, talks and events. The contents are globally accessible. By clicking on Power Search, you can easily…
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…
Stu Card, manager of the user interface group at the famed Palo Alto Research Center and Ted Selker of MIT’s Media Lab discussed human interfaces for mobile computers at the recent Sofcon 2008, and just how differently engineers have to…