Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Insights curated by Experientia, the UX research and design consultancy
Category Technology (general)
We Are Smarter Than Me
MacArthur launches $50 million digital media and learning initiative
Interview with Jan Chipchase of Nokia Research
Closed systems leave song buyers out in the cold [USA Today]
EU project to make the smart home more user-friendly
“Smart homes have been talked about for decades, but beyond a few concept houses and a few gadget-happy homeowners, little has been achieved in making them a bricks-and-mortar reality,” reports the EU’s IST Results website. “The TEAHA project team plans…
Book: ‘We-Think’ on collective creativity
Samsung’s DigitAll brand magazine on greatness in the digital era
Joined-up experiences [The Guardian]
In a marketplace that offers a bewildering array of hardware, software and services, the company that prioritises ease of use stands a chance of winning, says Jack Schofield in The Guardian. In the article, he compares Apple’s vertical model of…
Philips Design magazine on foresighting techniques, health and ‘sensitive’ interactions
User-centred design not so good when designing breakthrough products
Andy Budd on user experience design and user-centred design for the web
IBM invests $100 million in usability [CNET News]
Video material on experience design
Of tails and walls [International Herald Tribune]
“The old model [of the global marketplace] was one of control,” said Chris Anderson, editor of Wired magazine and author of the book “The Long Tail“, while he was recently in Paris. “Companies could control the user experience, and they…
Customer-centric digital signage in retail environments
“A retail executive who is considering a digital signage system shouldn’t let the tail wag the dog,” writes Peter Vrettas in Extended Retail Solutions. “Content, rather than hardware or software, drives digital signage. And the best digital signage systems are…
Interview of BT futurologist Ian Pearson
GE’s Kitchen of the Future with more talking refrigerators
Schools and universities setting up shop in Second Life [USA Today]
World Usability Day on 14 November – major event in Milan
The Usability Professionals’ Association (UPA) organises on 14 November 2006 its second global World Usability Day, with events in more than one hundred cities around the world. The World Usability Day event in Italy, which is also aimed at a…