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How mobile is connecting people to what matters

Via Dina Mehta, founder and managing director of Mosoci India, I found out about Progress, a highly interesting new website set up by Nokia and Lonely Planet: “The... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 2, 2009 at 05:22 AM

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Experientia helps Helsinki reduce carbon emissions

Helsinki, Finland Experientia
From Putting People First | September 2, 2009 at 05:03 AM

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The good enough revolution: when cheap and simple is just fine

For years, the experience design community has been using the term ‘good enough prototyping’. Wired UK argues quite convincingly that this approach is now moving... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 30, 2009 at 01:37 PM

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Using Nokia Life Tools in India to learn English

Dina Mehta, founder and managing director of Mosoci India, reports on how Nokia Life Tools actually gets used in India, and more in particular, how the how the... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 30, 2009 at 01:23 PM

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Nokia

Yesterday, Nokia launched Nokia Money, a new mobile financial service enables financial management and payments from a mobile phone – aimed specifically at emerging... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 27, 2009 at 12:50 PM

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The lost art of reading

David L. Ulin, book editor of the Los Angeles Times, argues that the relentless cacophony that is life in the 21st century can make settling in with a book difficult... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 11:02 AM

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Ideas for thought from the Symposium for the Future

The New Media Consortium is hosting a Symposium for the Future October 27-29 that will explore actual and potential applications of technology that could impact... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 10:32 AM

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Reading bar codes with mobile phones

Although it is more of a technical discussion, this article by The Economist is a worthwhile read as it describes quite well how a new way to deliver information... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 09:48 AM

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Phones and farmers

Abdul Bayes, professor of economics at Jahangirnagar University in Bangladesh, has written a nice article in the Daily Star newspaper where he condenses some recent... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 09:32 AM

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A short manifesto on the future of attention

Author and journalist Michael Erard has published a short manifesto on the future of attention: “Now we have a wide-ranging discussion about what is and what can’t... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 09:06 AM

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Data visualization: stories for the Information Age

Business Week explores how artists and designers are turning to data visualization to interpret the deluge of information around us. “For artists and designers... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 08:58 AM

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Are we ready for the Autonomous Age?

The UK’s Royal Academy of Engineering recently published a discussion document (pdf) on the social, legal and ethical issues surrounding the development and use... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 08:34 AM

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A plea for more critical thinking in design, please

John Barratt, president and CEO of Teague, reflects in a guest post on Fast Company on the fact that critical thinking in design is largely absent. “For reasons... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 08:14 AM

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Where tech and philosophy collide

BBC News reports on the inaugural meeting of the London Futurist and Transhumanist Group. “While futurism involves trying to predict how technology will evolve... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 08:06 AM

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Alice Rawsthorn about

Alice Rawsthorn, the design critic of the International Herald Tribune/New York Times, approached the topic of co-design last week: “We can now Experientia
From Putting People First | August 25, 2009 at 07:59 AM

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Paint me a picture: empowering the consumer

Montparnasse, a UX boutique firm, tries to imagine what empowering the user experience of the customer really means: “When people consider buying anything, whether... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2009 at 09:35 PM

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Lonely Planet

Johannah Cornblatt argues on Newsweek that despite our inter-connectedness, we’re now more alone than ever. “Between 1985 and 2004, the number of people who said... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2009 at 09:26 PM

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European Commission sets new information society challenge: Becoming literate in new media

The European Commission warned last week that Europeans young and old could miss out on the benefits of today’s high-tech information society unless more is done... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2009 at 09:21 PM

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The iPhone is not easy to use: a new direction for UX Design

Fred Beecher argues on Johnny Holland that “the iPhone is surprisingly difficult to use, but it sure is fun! And that is why it Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2009 at 09:17 PM

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The augmented reality avalanche

The last few weeks we have witnessed an avalanche of posts about augmented reality. To begin with there is Bruce – Bruce Sterling that is. He has been following... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 24, 2009 at 08:56 PM