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Make your users do the work

“Make your users do the work< ” is the not very people-centred title of a guest piece by Nir Eyal on Techcrunch. He argues that putting users to work is critical... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 09:20 AM

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Awesome experiences make us nicer

New research by published in the journal Psychological Science shows that awe-inspiring moments can literally make time seem to stand still, or at least slow down... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 07:14 AM

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Making sense of the cross channel experience

In this short essay, Jon Fisher of UK consultancy Nomensa presents some introductory thoughts about Nomensa’s framework for ”sense making in cross channel design... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 07:09 AM

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mHealth: the next frontier or too much hype?

mHealth: The Next Frontier For Mobile Service Growth By Scott Wilson and Phil Asmundson of Deloitte Advances in wireless remote patient monitoring (RPM) are expected... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 07:03 AM

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Debate on the UXPA name change

At the beginning of June, the Usability Professionals Association (UPA) announced that from now on it would be known as the User Experience Professionals Association... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 06:54 AM

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Our Frugal Future: Lessons from India’s innovation system

Drawing on the latest data and over 130 interviews with Indian policymakers, entrepreneurs and academics, this report by NESTA, the UK innovation agency, explores... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2012 at 06:36 AM

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Co-design in innovation

In a short post on the Huffington Post blog, author Soren Petersen describes how co-design – when firms and non-design users jointly design business and product... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 23, 2012 at 11:42 PM

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Book: This is Service Design Thinking

This is Service Design Thinking: Basics – Tools – Cases Edited by Marc Stickdorn and Jakob Schneider BIS Publishers, 2011 376 pages (Amazon link) This is Service... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 23, 2012 at 11:11 PM

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Ethical decision-making apps damage our ability to make moral choices

A recent crush of smartphone and tablet apps claim to make hard decisions easier, and the range of ethical dilemmas they can weigh in on will only increase. At... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 23, 2012 at 10:59 PM

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The Machine and The Ghost

Moralizing Technology: Understanding and Designing the Morality of Things Peter-Paul Verbeek University of Chicago Press, 2011 183 pages (Amazon link) Christine... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 16, 2012 at 12:23 PM

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The psychology of content design

In a long article Jonathan Cutrell talks about a strategy for creating content that revolves around its portability to multiple scenarios, devices, and access frames... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 16, 2012 at 11:57 AM

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How Google is becoming an extension of your mind

Stephen Shankland thinks that Google is becoming an extension of your mind, an omnipresent digital assistant that figures out what you need and supplies it before... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 16, 2012 at 11:48 AM

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That

Peter Maass and Megha Rajagopalan argue in the New York Times Sunday Review that the device in your purse or jeans that you think is a cellphone, is in fact a tracking... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 16, 2012 at 11:38 AM

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Field notes from global tech ethnographer Tricia Wang

A sociologist, ethnographer, and corporate consultant who studies global technology use among migrants, low-income people, youth, and others on society Experientia
From Putting People First | July 12, 2012 at 03:31 PM

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Design alone can

Making products attractive and user-friendly is a smart idea, but it is no substitute for R&D and investment, argues James Woudhuysen, a professor of forecasting... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 9, 2012 at 09:04 AM

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In a Fisher-Price lab, apps become child

At a Fisher-Price lab, researchers watch children at play to come up with ideas for new products, including toys that incorporate apps on iPads and iPhones. At... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 9, 2012 at 08:53 AM

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Perspectives in experience design

Milan Guenther, founding partner of enterprise design associates, explores the word “user” in “user experience”, and compares it to customer experience, employee... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 9, 2012 at 08:47 AM

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Digital devices as embodied experiences in remote Indian village

In arguing that digital technologies enable embodied experiences that reshape the very ways in which we conceptualize our everyday life, Nishant Shah, founder and... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 6, 2012 at 09:30 AM

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Designing for context: the multiscreen ecosystem

In a long article, designer Avi Itzkovitch explains how, when connecting applications across smart devices, UX designers can create product ecosystems that dynamically... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 5, 2012 at 07:47 AM

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Big e-reader is watching you

Would George Orwell have been amused or disturbed by the development that Big Brother now knows exactly how long it takes readers to finish his novel, which parts... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 4, 2012 at 12:37 PM