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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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How smartphones can improve public transit
An interesting study of commuters in Boston and San Francisco found people are more willing to ride the bus or train when they have tools to manage their commutes...
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The Interaction Design
Rahul Sen believes that the interaction design community is witnessing an important revolution
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The sharing economy
Thanks to the social web, you can now share anything with anyone anywhere in the world. Fast Company profiles Neal Gorenflo who, after quitting his job as strategist...
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EU recommendations on privacy protection in smart meters
The European Union’s Working Party on Data Protection has issued five recommended requirements for the protection of personal privacy in a time of Smart Meters...
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Tech mogul? Nope. Any old hack will do.
The Washington Post describes the world and the impact of everyday hackers who use social networks, do-it-yourself-then-show-it-off Web sites, cheap parts from...
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Call to participate at the Core77 Design Awards
As one of the jury captains for the inaugural year of the Core77 Design Awards, I am calling upon all Putting People First readers to spread the news about the...
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Book: Brave NUI World
Brave NUI World: Designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture by Daniel Wigdor and Dennis Wixon Paperback, 264 pages Morgan Kaufmann, 2011 (Amazon link)...
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Book: A new culture of learning
A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown Publisher: CreateSpace – January, 2011)...
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Apps to keep America from getting fatter
Tom Dair, CEO of Smart Design, speaks with Dave Cronin, Smart Design
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Book: Sentient City
Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space Edited by Mark Shepard Paperback, 200 pages, 2011 MIT Press in copublication with...
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Experientia presentation at Fuorisalone, Milan
Irene Cassarino, Experientia’s senior open innovation expert, will be speaking on Designing for Sustainable Change at the Hub Milan on Friday, as part of the Hub’s...
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Interview with Stefana Broadbent on our increasingly mixed personal and work lives (in French)
Hubert Guillaud of the French online magazine InternetActu interviewed Stefana Broadbent, anthropologist and digital ethnographer, who in the last 20 years has...
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Africa to be first post-PC continent
A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent. Low investment in wired...
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About unnatural user research and limits to usability
Two new articles on UX Matters: User research Is unnatural (but that
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The problem with design education
University industrial design programs are usually cloistered in schools of art or architecture, and students in such programs are rarely required to study science...
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Storytelling and destination development
The study “Storytelling and Destination Development” by the Nordic Innovation Centre set out to scrutinize the possibilities and drawbacks of using storytelling...
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The fall and rise of user experience
UX designer Cennydd Bowles has posted the transcript of his closing plenary at the IA Summit 2011 in Denver, Colorado. “Although there’s still a substantial gap...
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Customer
Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr, a Swiss product manager, reflects thoughtfully on the recent strong discussion on user-led innovation. “There has been quite a lot of discussion...
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