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95% of mobile users would use more data services if setup were easier

Press release: Complexity is preventing uptake and usage of mobile applications and services, according to a survey of US and UK consumers commissioned by mobile... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:43 AM

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BUG+IDEO blog

IDEO just announced a quick open user interface exploration project with Bug Labs, that will run for a little over a week on a new public blog BUG+IDEO. An open... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:38 AM

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EU President Barroso discusses how to boost

Yesterday President Barroso met social innovation experts and stakeholders in Brussels, following a workshop organised by the Bureau of European Policy Advisers... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:32 AM

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Book: Designing for the Digital Age

Designing for the Digital Age: How to Create Human-Centered Products and Services [amazon] by Kim Goodwin, Alan Cooper Wiley (March 2009) Paperback: 768 pages ISBN... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:25 AM

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Bad usability calendar

The (in)famous Bad Usability Calendar has featured 48 classic design mistakes in 13 different languages since 2005. Now it is available in its 2009 edition (with... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:18 AM

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Top kitchen toy? The cellphone

According to the New York Times’ Julia Moskin, the cellphone has transformed the kitchen lives of many Americans. “It has become the kitchen tool of choice for... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 22, 2009 at 05:13 AM

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Palm provides a case study in user experience strategy

Very nice and in-depth review by Marek Pawlowski: Palm, which launched a new flagship device and platform earlier this month, is a company staring at the very real... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 20, 2009 at 06:49 AM

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Is the

“Are experiences relevant in a recession?” asks Jonathan Picoult. The stock of Starbucks Coffee, long revered as a prime example of a consumer-focused, experience... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 08:17 PM

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Nokia and Securitas to cooperate in bringing security services into mobile devices

Press release Nokia and Securitas today announced a new cooperation regarding mobile services for personal security and every day safety. Mobile devices already... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 08:07 PM

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Creating social solutions for MS patients

The people from Live|Work, a UK service design company, have inspired me from the time I met them at the meanwhile defunct Interaction Design Institute Ivrea, now... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 07:57 PM

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India: The Impact of Mobile Phones

Vodafone publishes a very good, but highly under-communicated, Public Policy series. The aim of the series is “to provide a platform for leading experts to write... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 11:18 AM

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When everyone zigs, Cory Doctorow zags

Just when everyone is writing on how mobile phones are bringing about huge changes in emerging markets, Cory Doctorow publishes a very nice and thought provoking... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 09:14 AM

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Taken Out of Context: American teen sociality in networked publics

danah boyd is a a PhD candidate at the School of Information (iSchool) at the University of California (Berkeley) and a Fellow at Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 08:55 AM

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New phone features

The complexity of modern mobile phones is leaving users frustrated and angry, research by Mformation (and reported by BBC) suggests. Some 61% of those interviewed... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 19, 2009 at 08:35 AM

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Itsme concept evaluation

Some months ago I wrote on Core77 about Itsme, a new “design-driven” way of organizing the contents of a PC, covering both the hardware and the software of the... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2009 at 12:26 PM

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Experience design for interactive products

Experience design for interactive products: designing technology augmented urban playgrounds for girls (pdf) is the long title of an interesting paper by Aadjan... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2009 at 12:08 PM

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People-centric sensing in the city of the near future

More on people-centric sensing, this time by LIFT’s Fabien Girardin, and it’s as if he is taking the Nokia paper I just wrote about one step further: “In the past... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2009 at 12:41 PM

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Sensing the world with mobile devices

The Nokia Research Center published a short paper on participatory mobile sensing that I like very much because of its human-centred approach: By putting mobile... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2009 at 12:23 PM

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Experientia and European research projects

Experientia is currently planning to participate in a number of European research projects, and is looking for partners and interesting collaboration opportunities... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2009 at 09:57 AM

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Indian usability conference tackled digital divide and user experience design

As part of the World Usability Day 2008, the Department of Information Technology at Vishwakarma Institute of Information Technology (V.I.I.T.), Pune (India) hosted... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 15, 2009 at 09:03 AM