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Wearable tech pioneers aim to track and augment our lives

Wearable technology is still in its infancy but as it increasingly taps into a desire to have the functionality of technology without the intrusiveness. A BBC article... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 18, 2012 at 09:29 AM

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UX articles and dissertations from Denmark

Mind Design, the Design Research Webzine of the Danish Centre for Design Research, contains a wealth of information, all available in English. Here are some highlights... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 17, 2012 at 09:28 AM

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Book: Innovating for People

Innovating for People Handbook of Human-Centered Design Methods by LUMA Institute 2012, 86 pages Abstract Innovation is an economic imperative that calls for more... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM

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Human Drives card set

Our friends at human-centered design consultancy Namahn in Brussels have created a lovely “human drive” card set to be used as a source of inspiration for ideation... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 10:28 AM

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BMW’s electric experience

Martin C. Pedersen reports in a long article for Metropolis Magazine on the 2014 BMW i3, the company’s first fully electric vehicle aimed at city driving. The article... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 09:16 AM

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Brave New City

Metropolis Magazine asked seven visionary design teams, both established and up-and-coming, what they predict a fully accessible city might look like (and better... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:55 AM

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Creating behaviour change in people using mobile technology

Rajeev Suri posted a short interview with Gustav Praekelt of Praekelt Consulting and the Praekelt Foundation, who focuses on creating behaviour change in people... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:39 AM

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The Age of User Experience Design – Infographic

The growth of the User Experience Design field is breathtaking, but well deserved. Thanks to UX Designers all over the world, the quality of products has increased... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:28 AM

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User experience in the age of sustainability

Designers, as makers of products and services, are key stewards of our planet because the products and services we design influence the ways in which people live... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 16, 2012 at 08:17 AM

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Content and the journey: Building a good user experience for news sites

Discussions at recent news industry conferences have often referred to the importance of good user experience, particularly during discussions about how news outlets... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2012 at 01:51 PM

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Top 10 things still to fix in experience design

Here’s the view of Ray McCune, managing partner at Flow, on some of the peaks we still have to climb if experience design is to become a mainstream business discipline... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 10, 2012 at 10:14 AM

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Five new articles on UX Matters

Tips on Prototyping for Usability Testing By Jim Ross, Principal of Design Research at Electronic Ink, Philadelphia, PA, USA Because user research studies peoples... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 9, 2012 at 08:58 AM

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Videos of keynote presentations at The Web and Beyond 2012

The Web and Beyond is a bi-annual conference organized by Chi Nederland, focused on the practice and business of user experience. On September 26, our 425 attendees... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 8, 2012 at 10:05 AM

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Making mobile phones work for the poor

In this BBC article, David Edelstein, a leader in the mobile for development space, argues that human networks are the essential ingredient for mobile phones to... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 6, 2012 at 08:22 AM

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Understanding the sensing city

Consultant Roger Dennis, who identifies himself as “serendipity architect”, has been writing a series of posts on meetings he had related to the sensing city. Together... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 6, 2012 at 08:06 AM

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An enchanted Odyssey on your iPad

Article by Francesca Salvadori, Scuolalvento blog Translation from the Italian Technology is probably the last thing that comes to mind when you think about poetry... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 5, 2012 at 05:00 PM

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Chris Noessel and Stefan Klocek presentation at D3

In August, Cooper directors Chris Noessel and Stefan Klocek discussed implicit interactions at Device Design Day 2012, organised by Kicker Studio in San Francisco... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 5, 2012 at 04:01 PM

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Ritual and the service experience

The interplay between efficiency and quality in a service experience is often what separates a merely transactional interaction from a valuable and pleasurable... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 5, 2012 at 03:55 PM

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I have seen the future and it’s worn

Paul Taylor of the Financial Times thinks wearable technology lives up to its promise at last. “For years, engineers have envisaged technology so personal that... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 5, 2012 at 03:50 PM

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How to create a cutting edge Smart City visitor experience

A four step guide from the Milan Expo 2015: Step 1 Ask your main sponsors (in this case Cisco, Enel and Telecom Italia) to indicate the relevant “Smart City” technologies... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 3, 2012 at 08:31 AM