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Microsoft

Microsoft has created a virtual personal assistant that can build a relationship with its user. “Meet Laura, the virtual personal assistant for those of us who... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 2, 2009 at 07:06 AM

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Mapping a new, mobile internet

Business Week reports on how a nascent industry involving the likes of Google and Nokia is pinpointing the movements and behaviors of millions of cell-phone users... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 2, 2009 at 06:57 AM

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Sociogeek survey presentation at LIFT09

Daniel Kaplan, CEO of the Fing Foundation, presented a quite unique way — a game — to conduct an online survey during a short open stage talk at the 2009 LIFT conference... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 11:29 PM

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KashKlash booklet now online

After the project, the collaborative website, the game, now also the booklet. KashKlash is an open forum and web project focusing on alternative economies in a... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:41 PM

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Ubiquitous human computing will transcend geography

In an interview with Nokia’s IdeasProject renowned cyberlaw scholar Jonathan Zittrain talks about how ubiquitous human computing, which he describes as the ability... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:22 PM

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Ethan Zuckerman on mobile news and mobile currency in Africa

Ethan Zuckerman, a multifaceted thinker whose work focuses on the impact of technology in developing countries, and a research fellow at the Berkman Center for... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:03 PM

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Real-time connections are

In an interview with Nokia’s IdeasProject, social media innovator Laura Fitton talks about the most basic of human connections: our immediate physical community... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 09:24 PM

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Carlo Ratti, Dan Hill and Anne Galloway on the

One of the best sessions of the entire LIFT conference took place on Thursday afternoon. As half of the world is now living in cities, it’s undeniable that the... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 08:42 PM

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Ramesh Srinivasan and Juliana Rotich on the power of local innovation at LIFT

Solidarity was the first afternoon theme of the LIFT conference. One of the subtle change in the last fifteen years revolves around how collective action and solidarity... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 06:18 PM

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Nicolas Nova and David Rose on change at LIFT

The entire morning of the first day of the LIFT conference was devoted to change. I selected a few presentations here that I found personally most stimulating. Note... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 05:22 PM

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Lifestream workshop at LIFT

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From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 03:44 PM

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The KashKlash game at LIFT

Just back from the LIFT conference and lots to blog about. My LIFT experience started off with the KashKlash game, an action-packed workshop that explored alternative... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 02:40 PM

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What Margaret Mead could teach techs

Fortune Magazine profiles Dr Genevieve Bell, an Australian-born anthropologist and ethnographer, and the Director of User Experience in Intel Corporation Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 02:05 PM

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Study interaction design in Denmark

Given the success of the pilot year, the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) and the Danish Design School (DKDS) have decided to continue their collaboration... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 01:55 PM

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Adam Greenfield towards a newer urbanism

Adam Greenfield, Nokia’s head of design direction for service and user-interface design, is frequently featured on Putting People First as his thinking is close... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 11:44 AM

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Sweet to tweet

The Financial Times has posted a very long analysis on Twitter as a social phenomenon: “In its deceptively simple way, Twitter has stumbled on a formula that a... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:46 AM

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Book reviews of The Caryatids by Bruce Sterling

Bruce Sterling’s new science fiction novel The Caryatids is out and is collecting its first reviews. Here are the ones I found so far: Cory Doctorow - Boing Boing... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:33 AM

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Media literacy and social action in a post-Pokemon world

Cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito has posted a rough transcript of her (quite long) keynote address at the 51st NFAIS Annual Conference. “If I were to pick one thing... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 10:03 AM

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Microsoft

A new video from Microsoft shows in an elegant, if utopian way, what it might look like if all of those gadgets came together several years hence. Ina Fried of... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 09:47 AM

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Nissan interaction design team suffers to make future cars simple and painless

With the help of a proprietary “ageing suit” that mimics the mobility and faculties of an elderly driver, interaction designers at Nissan Design Center were able... Experientia
From Putting People First | March 1, 2009 at 09:37 AM