Interview with Genevieve Bell, director of user experience at Intel

Genevieve Bell
Genevieve Bell is a highly respected anthropologist and director of user experience at Intel.

In this interview with Australian usability consultant Gerry Gaffney, she talks about what it means to build technology with the home in mind, about cultural influences in the use of technology, about the connection between religion and technology, and about sheds.

Genevieve says that part of what people want is for technology to be invisible.

“Computational power is important but what people see is the experience.”

Listen to interview (mp3, 11.6 mb, 25:20)

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  1. […] In un’intervista, Genevieve Bell, antropologa, nonchè direttrice della user experience presso l’Intel, dopo aver affrontato temi inerenti la tecnologia, quali le influenze esercitate su di essa dalla cultura, e la connessione tra la tecnologia e la religione, afferma che ciò che rileva per gli utenti, più che il potere computazionale dei prodotti tecnologici, è l’esperienza. […]

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