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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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The Morrow Project and futurism at Intel
Intel’s Chief Futurist, Brian David Johnson, is a big advocate of using science fiction narratives as a jumping off point for a discussion between management and...
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Video message by Experientia
Experientia president Michele Visciola was invited to send a video message to the World Usability Day 2010 event in Tokyo, Japan. Michele, who is also European...
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Invading Cyprus with user-centred design
A group of young designers are making their mark on Nicosia
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Can the developed world learn from Kenya
Using your mobile phone to do your banking and to buy goods and services is becoming more common, with the rise of the smartphone. In developing world countries...
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Growing up digital, wired for distraction
Matt Richtel reflects in a long New York Times article on the impact of growing up digital. The constant stream of stimuli offered by new technology, he says, poses...
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The reference user experience: four essays
The essays featured here stem from talks given at the Focusing on the User Experience session of this year
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Interactions Magazine
The current issue of Interactions Magazine is the last issue of editors Jon Kolko and Richard Anderson, who reflect on the results achieved. Also Don Norman reflects...
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Singapore needs to place anthropology before technology
“We need to place anthropology before technology,” said Richard Seymour, Co-founder, Seymourpowell, at the sixth annual meeting of the International Advisory Panel...
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Two Experientia presentations in Busan, South Korea
Last week, Experientia was in Busan, South Korea, at the invitation of the Busan Design Center. As part of its first Design Week, the Center organised two international...
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How college students evaluate and use information in the digital age
Project Information Literacy (PIL) is ongoing research project, based in the University of Washington’s Information School, that collects data from early adults...
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Harvard Forum essays on ICT4D
ITID (Information Technologies & International Development) has come out with a special issue devoted to papers emerging from the second Harvard Forum on ICTs,...
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Peter Merholz on advertising and marketing agencies delivering UX design
Peter Merholz, president of Adaptive Path, has written a long and eloquent rant against advertising and marketing agencies proclaiming to do user experience design...
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Michele Visciola on online healthcare information
Michele Visciola, Experientia partner, gave a talk last Sunday on online healthcare information at the 16th IFHRO (International Federation of Health Records Organizations)...
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How data use and data visualisations can improve our lives
Data use and smart human-centric data visualisations are becoming the “next big thing” in UX design. A number of posts this week delve into the matter: Data for...
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The newest web users are changing the culture of the internet
The newest billion people to venture online are doing so in developing countries rather than North America or Europe, writes Erik German in Globalpost, and they...
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Continuum Advanced Systems at the intersection of technology, systems and human-centered design
Continuum launched of a new division within its organization, known as Continuum Advanced Systems. Focused on the intersection of technology, systems and human-centered...
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How the cell phone is changing the world
In a very general overview article published in Newsweek, Ravi Somaiya reports on how the impact of the ubiquitous device extends from politics to business, medicine...
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Privacy and the user experience
In a long blog post, designer and developer Alexander Dawson discusses some important privacy-related concerns
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