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Brian David Johnson: Intel

Alex Knapp, Forbes Magazine contributor, talks with Intel futurist Brian David Johnson on what he take into account when planning the future: “The answer is both... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2011 at 01:14 PM

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The many meanings of ethnography

Ethnography, Ethnography or Ethnography? What Happens When the Same Word Means Different Things to Different People? is the title of a new paper on ethnography... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:48 PM

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dConstruct 2011 videos online

dConstruct 2011, the 2 September event in Brighton, England, brought together leading thinkers from the fields of interaction design, mobile design and ubiquitous... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:33 PM

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Mr Cameron, it

Ageing populations and budget cuts mean devising a new social contract. So why not use real designers Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:12 PM

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Guardian Tech Weekly podcast: creating a digital public space

Jemima Kiss examines plans for a digital public space with the British Library, the Royal Opera House and the BBC. “How can we preserve analogue culture in a digital... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 04:02 PM

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Video highlights from PICNIC Festival 2011

The videos of the presentations at PICNIC Festival 2011 (14-16 September, Amsterdam) are now online. Jake Barton on Urban Collaboration and Storytelling What will... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 03:56 PM

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The birth (and death) of market research: why design research will prevail

The market research industry is built for the 20th Century mass production model, which is rapidly disappearing, argues Sam Ladner. The Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 03:32 PM

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Audio interview with design anthropologist Dori Tunstall

Debbie Millman of DesignObserver.com interviewed design anthropologist Dori Tunstall on the insights that anthropology brings to consumerism and branding, and about... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 12, 2011 at 03:24 PM

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Embodied interactions: in touch with the digital

Fabian Hemmert will be one of the keynote speakers at Interaction 12. In this article on Johnny Holland, he reflects on “recent developments in the research field... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 04:25 PM

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Flow in design

Dana Chisnell reports on the importance of flow in UX design. Flow comes from focused attention, deep engagement, a feeling of mastering a challenge. The outside... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 04:10 PM

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The existential challenges of human-robot interaction

How will we react when a loyal humanoid robot that has served us for years suddenly fails? Will we genuinely grieve for no-longer working bots that have accompanied... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 03:57 PM

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Five myths about social media

Ramesh Srinivasan methodically breaks down five ‘myths’ about social media in this Washington Post article: Here are his myths (which few in the UX community would... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 6, 2011 at 11:24 AM

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New Master in UX in Rome, Italy

The La Sapienza University in Rome is organising the first User Experience Master for students who already have a previous degree. Although a highly laudable initiative... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 4, 2011 at 04:09 PM

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Investigating the experience of love for products

“Shoes, cars and other love stories: Investigating the experience of love for products is the title of the doctoral dissertation (and a book!) by Beatriz Russo... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 4, 2011 at 03:58 PM

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PressPausePlay, a film about hope, fear and digital culture

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 02:02 PM

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Truth, lies and the internet

The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 01:40 PM

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UX: old wine in new bottles?

Finnish researchers Antti Oulasvirta, Pertti Saariluoma, Rebekah Rousi and Jaana Leikas discuss replacing using intuitive notions of emotions with systematic psychological... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 01:31 PM

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Low2No Camp: entrepreneurial ideas to activate Low2No vision

Article by Experientia collaborator Irene Cassarino, with additional input from Jan-Christoph Zoels. How do you create community services and business models... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM

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From mass consumerism to mass change: Hope for sustainable consumption

In an article for Shareable, Caren Holzman presents trends that signal “a reversal in the way that consumers value and use products and services”: “A global culture... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 09:43 AM

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Invigorating education with technology

Techcrunch reports on a recent set of rapid-fire presentations from Imagine K12, an incubator for education-related startups. On the one hand, the innovation taking... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 08:57 AM