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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Expereal, free iPhone app, based on Daniel Kahneman’s book ‘Thinking, Fast and Slow’
Expereal is a free iPhone app developed to help people better understand themselves, to feel even more connected to the world, and to, hopefully, make more informed...
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UK study: tech in schools requires a rethink of how learning is organised
In the last five years UK schools have spent more than £1 billion on digital technology. From interactive whiteboards to tablets, there is more digital technology...
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Scotland study: Tablet devices in schools beneficial to children
School children who use a tablet computer benefit the most when allowed to take it home, rather than just using it in school, reveals research from the University...
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The Informal Economy Symposium (videos)
The first Informal Economy Symposium took place on October 12 in Barcelona. The goal was to abandon the conventional idea that the informal economy is the other...
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The Design for Usability book
The Design for Usability project, that researched how best to contribute to the development of usable products, published a book that provides the product development...
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The Talking Circles conference format
The Designing Design Education for India (DDEI) Conference, which will take place in March 2013 in Pune, India, has an unusual, but engaging format: “This will...
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Upcoming workshop on designing innovative toys for people with special needs
“Toy Design and Inclusive Play” Designing Innovative Toys for People with Special Needs Invitation to join International Creativity Workshop in Bavaria, Germany...
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Interview with public health ethnographer and Facebook UX researcher
Judd Antin is a social psychologist and user experience researcher who studies motivations for online participation at Facebook. In 2011, he was named an MIT Technology...
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Service design publications from Finland and Estonia
As part of ServiceD, a three-year service design project, which researched future educational needs and piloted service design education, Lahti University of Applied...
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Nicolas Nova interviewed on Ethnography Matters
The people from Ethnography Matters, an ethnography group blog that is celebrating its first year anniversary today, interviewed their new regular contributor Nicolas...
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How 3 million hours of user-testing fixed the Jawbone Up
Pulled from store shelves after a month, the first high-profile wearable activity tracker was a humiliation for Jawbone. Now, the Up is back, and anyone vying for...
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An interview with three UX strategists
The role of UX Strategist is a relatively new one on UX design teams, and has recently addressed in two articles on UXmatters: “UX Strategy: The Heart of User-Centered...
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A qualitative study of internet non-use in Great Britain and Sweden
Living Offline – A Qualitative Study of Internet Non-Use in Great Britain and Sweden by Bianca Christin Reisdorf (U. of Oxford, UK), Ann-Sofie Axelsson (Chalmers...
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Book: Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments
Advancing Ethnography in Corporate Environments: Challenges and Emerging Opportunities Edited by Brigitte Jordan Left Coast Press November 2012, 224 pages [Amazon...
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Finally a serious research study on tablet use in schools
Although there are many tablet deployments in schools worldwide, there is a glaring lack of serious research on what actually happens in the classrooms with these...
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A tablet still is not a book … not yet
Dan Turner discusses why the experience of reading a book on tablets (iPads in particular) is a chore rather than a delight. In a long article for UX Magazine,...
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More NEXT Service Design videos
Last week I posted links to a few videos from NEXT Service Design, the European conference for designing digital services, which took place on 8 October in Berlin...
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Developing a user-centered methodology for emerging markets and the BoP
In a long post, emerging markets strategist Niti Bhan [with whom Experientia collaborates] discusses her approach to strategic design planning and concept development...
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How teens do research in the digital world
According to Pew Internet research, the teachers who instruct the most advanced American secondary school students render mixed verdicts about students’ research...
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