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Study on the introduction of iPads in UK secondary school

Naace, the UK’s educational ICT association, published a report last year (July 2012), entitled “The iPad as a Tool for Education – A study on the introduction... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 7, 2013 at 09:29 AM

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Designing for the human brain

Sarah Rotman Epps of Forrester thinks the challenge ahead for wearables is in designing for the human brain. “No, I’m not talking about sensors implanted in your... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 5, 2013 at 12:26 PM

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Talking, walking objects

The future is rich with sensor-based, animated devices to give us affirmation, coach us and just plain keep us company. Smart Design’s Carla Diana gives a good... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 3, 2013 at 03:51 PM

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Nicholas Carr on taking Clay Shirky’s ‘cognitive surplus’ idea to its logical, fascistic extreme

Max Levchin [one of the Silicon Valley elite—computer scientist, cofounder of PayPal, buddy of Peter Thiel, Yahoo director, restless entrepreneur, big thinker,... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 3, 2013 at 03:39 PM

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Redesigning public services so they can actually help people

Although I don’t agree with the implicit meaning of this Fast Company title (i.e. that public services currently do not help people – whereas the real issue is... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 3, 2013 at 12:51 PM

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Social Innovation Europe Magazine interviews Ezio Manzini

For more than two decades Ezio Manzini has been working in the field of design for sustainability. Recently, he focused his interests on social innovation –he started... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 3, 2013 at 12:32 PM

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Dan Hill’s critique of the smart cities movement

Dan Hill (of CityofSound, ARUP, Sitra and now Fabrica fame) is not only extremely prolific, but his writing is also very much to the point. His latest Smart City... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 06:37 PM

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Launch of Global Ethnographic, a free online journal

Global Ethnographic is a brand new, general interest, peer reviewed web journal featuring the field research and perspectives shaping our social world. Free and... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 06:21 PM

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The four waves of user-centered design

Dr. William Gribbons is director of the Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design and founder and senior consultant of the Design and Usability Center... Experientia
From Putting People First | February 2, 2013 at 05:50 PM

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Q&A with the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation’s Gerry Greaney and Molly McMahon

Since its inception in 2008, the Mayo Clinic Center for Innovation has become the poster child for internal innovation practices. The Center for Innovation focuses... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 09:02 PM

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Uncharted territory: Where digital maps are leading us

The way we use maps is evolving fast, and it will change a great deal more than how we navigate, argues Kat Austen, an opinion editor at New Scientist. “Digital... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:59 PM

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Successful public service design must focus on human behaviour

David Halpern, director of the Behavioural Insight Team at the UK Cabinet Office (widely known as the “nudge unit”), discusses research on how subtle changes in... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:52 PM

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New MA at UC London combining anthropology, materials and design

“The material world is a world of social potential. Social scientists should be better equipped to engage with materials and objects through ethnographic, critical... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 29, 2013 at 08:42 PM

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Book: Ethnography and the City – Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork

Ethnography and the City: Readings on Doing Urban Fieldwork Richard E. Ocejo (Editor) Routledge, 2012, 272 pages (Amazon link) The only collection of its kind on... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 20, 2013 at 10:55 AM

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The irrational consumer: why economics is dead wrong about how we make choices

“The New Science of Pleasure,” a new paper by Daniel L. McFadden, reviews how psychology, biology, and neurology are ganging up on economics to prove that, when... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 20, 2013 at 09:36 AM

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World’s “tech elite” named to interaction design board

From the press release: Today the Interaction Design Foundation, the IDF, has announced its new executive board. The executive board includes Donald Norman; Bill... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:47 PM

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Living the Quantified Self life

Festooned with digital accessories that track everything from his heart rate to his footsteps to his sleep patterns, Vanity Fair writer James Wolcott has plugged... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:18 PM

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Interview with Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher

This week Danielle Arad interviewed Catalina Naranjo-Bock, UX design researcher, on key UX issues that are trending today in technology. Catalina is a hybrid user... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 17, 2013 at 02:09 PM

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Telling “Stories”: Experientia designs domestic energy consumption monitors (videos)

Videos showcasing two sustainability-related projects are now on Experientia’s YouTube channel. The videos, showing the Ecofamilies and Stories projects respectively... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 16, 2013 at 03:37 PM

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Rob van Kranenberg’s comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan

Rob Van Kranenburg, a member of the EU Expert Group on the Internet of Things, has published a provocative comprehensive global Internet of Things action plan,... Experientia
From Putting People First | January 16, 2013 at 11:44 AM