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Lugano conference on digital experiences in smart cities

On Saturday 27 October, the Italian-speaking Swiss city of Lugano will host the 4th edition of the UXconference. The 2012 edition of the conference, which is organised... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 19, 2012 at 01:20 PM

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Slow HCI

The latest issue of Interfaces, the quarterly magazine of the Interaction Specialist Group of the BCS, the British chartered institute for IT, is devoted to Slow... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 19, 2012 at 10:03 AM

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Spacebrew, an open source toolkit for creating interactive spaces

Spacebrew is a new software – currently in beta release – for prototyping and producing interactive spaces. It was developed by the Interaction Lab at the Rockwell... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 10:30 AM

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Daniel Bor: ‘It’s just a gut instinct, but Blink got it wrong’

Daniel Bor is a cognitive neuro-scientist at the Sackler Centre for Consciousness Science, University of Sussex, and author of The Ravenous Brain: How the New Science... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 10:03 AM

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The Club of Helsinki – co-creation of urban development projects

The Club of Helsinki is a non-profit organization that offer possibilities to co-create urban development projects that prototype new integrated and sustainable... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 09:56 AM

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Transforming Bodies & Lifestyles: Insights into Inspiring Behavior Change

Transforming Bodies & Lifestyles: Insights into Inspiring Behavior Change Institute For The Future 2012 Inspiring people to change their behaviors in order to become... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 09:50 AM

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Wearable tech pioneers aim to track and augment our lives

Wearable technology is still in its infancy but as it increasingly taps into a desire to have the functionality of technology without the intrusiveness. A BBC article... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 09:29 AM

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UX articles and dissertations from Denmark

Mind Design, the Design Research Webzine of the Danish Centre for Design Research, contains a wealth of information, all available in English. Here are some highlights... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2012 at 09:28 AM

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Book: Innovating for People

Innovating for People Handbook of Human-Centered Design Methods by LUMA Institute 2012, 86 pages Abstract Innovation is an economic imperative that calls for more... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM

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Human Drives card set

Our friends at human-centered design consultancy Namahn in Brussels have created a lovely “human drive” card set to be used as a source of inspiration for ideation... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM

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BMW’s electric experience

Martin C. Pedersen reports in a long article for Metropolis Magazine on the 2014 BMW i3, the company’s first fully electric vehicle aimed at city driving. The article... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 09:16 AM

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Brave New City

Metropolis Magazine asked seven visionary design teams, both established and up-and-coming, what they predict a fully accessible city might look like (and better... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:55 AM

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Creating behaviour change in people using mobile technology

Rajeev Suri posted a short interview with Gustav Praekelt of Praekelt Consulting and the Praekelt Foundation, who focuses on creating behaviour change in people... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:39 AM

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The Age of User Experience Design – Infographic

The growth of the User Experience Design field is breathtaking, but well deserved. Thanks to UX Designers all over the world, the quality of products has increased... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:28 AM

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User experience in the age of sustainability

Designers, as makers of products and services, are key stewards of our planet because the products and services we design influence the ways in which people live... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:17 AM

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Content and the journey: Building a good user experience for news sites

Discussions at recent news industry conferences have often referred to the importance of good user experience, particularly during discussions about how news outlets... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2012 at 01:51 PM

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Top 10 things still to fix in experience design

Here’s the view of Ray McCune, managing partner at Flow, on some of the peaks we still have to climb if experience design is to become a mainstream business discipline... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM

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Five new articles on UX Matters

Tips on Prototyping for Usability Testing By Jim Ross, Principal of Design Research at Electronic Ink, Philadelphia, PA, USA Because user research studies peoples... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 9, 2012 at 08:58 AM

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Videos of keynote presentations at The Web and Beyond 2012

The Web and Beyond is a bi-annual conference organized by Chi Nederland, focused on the practice and business of user experience. On September 26, our 425 attendees... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 8, 2012 at 10:05 AM

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Making mobile phones work for the poor

In this BBC article, David Edelstein, a leader in the mobile for development space, argues that human networks are the essential ingredient for mobile phones to... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 6, 2012 at 08:22 AM