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Ethnographic research in a world of big data

Following up on her earlier piece on ethnographic research in a world of big data, Jenna Burrell, sociologist and assistant professor in the School of Information... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 11, 2012 at 08:01 AM

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Book: The Mobile Frontier

The Mobile Frontier – A Guide for Designing Mobile Experiences By Rachel Hinman Rosenfeld Media June 2012 Publisher’s page | Amazon page Mobile user experience... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 10, 2012 at 02:01 PM

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Marty Kaplan: From Attention to Engagement (video)

Barcelona Media, an interdisciplinary center of research and innovation, hosted Lear Center director Marty Kaplan to speak at its 10th anniversary celebration on... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 10, 2012 at 01:50 PM

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Manifesto for design upholding human talents and innovation

This morning I got an invite in the mail to attend a London design symposium at Brunel University next week (16 June) that will debate the core themes of a new... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 10, 2012 at 09:30 AM

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Dark Matter and Trojan Horses

“Dark Matter and Trojan Horses – A Strategic Design Vocabulary” is a short e-book by designer and urbanist Dan Hill in which he argues that in an age of wicked... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 10, 2012 at 08:42 AM

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Genevieve Bell: women are tech

Social scientist Genevieve Bell – who is also the interaction and experience research director at Intel Labs – gave a major talk on what the future of technology... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 9, 2012 at 10:25 AM

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Mark Vanderbeeken: The English language innovation bias

Experientia partner Mark Vanderbeeken wrote an article on the dominance of the English language in the discourse of innovation and the bias that this creates. This... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 8, 2012 at 07:57 AM

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The future of data visualisation

Drew Skau, a visualization architect of Visual.ly, explores what will change in data visualisation in the future: - Data visualization will become ubiquitous -... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 7, 2012 at 04:01 PM

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Does your phone know how happy you are?

Kit Eaton explores the coming of age of the emotion-recognition industry. “Because the smartphones we all carry contain sophisticated computing power, cloud computing... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 7, 2012 at 03:48 PM

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Computational user experiences at Microsoft Research

“The Computational User Experiences (CUE) group [at Microsoft Research] creates technologies that augment our personal and professional digital lives to enhance... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 7, 2012 at 03:41 PM

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Forget B-School, D-School is hot

The Wall Street Journal published the umpteenth article on design thinking education. What I keep on missing in these pieces is some reflection on what understanding... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 7, 2012 at 10:29 AM

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An open letter to the User Experience Community

In an open letter to the User Experience Community, Rich Gunther, President of what used to be called Usability Professionals Association (UPA), announces that... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 7, 2012 at 09:39 AM

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The Curious Case of Internet Privacy

Free services in exchange for personal information. That’s the “privacy bargain” we all strike on the Web. Cory Doctorow argues it could be the worst deal ever.... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 6, 2012 at 11:15 AM

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Why are contextual inquiries so difficult?

Jim Ross, Principal of Design Research at Electronic Ink, thinks contextual inquiry is the most difficult user research technique to perform effectively, as it... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 6, 2012 at 09:15 AM

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UX challenges when building collaborative consumption platforms

Rachel Botsman, founder and chief innovator of the Collaborative Lab (part of the Collaborative Consumption movement) writes that the biggest initial barrier to... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 4, 2012 at 08:31 AM

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New York Times Magazine

The annual Innovations Issue of the New York Times Magazine arrives this Sunday. Two highlights: 32 Innovations That Will Change Your Tomorrow An abridged guide... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 2, 2012 at 03:31 PM

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US Veterans Administration launches iPad patient study on tablet use

The US Veterans Administration has announced it has created an initiative aimed at studying the benefits associated with the use of mhealth apps and tablet devices... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 2, 2012 at 03:07 PM

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Interactions Magazine is (nearly) fully online, archives included

Somehow I hadn’t noticed but Interactions Magazine is now (nearly) fully online. As far as I could discover (nothing is explained, sic), only some of the current... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 2, 2012 at 03:03 PM

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MA thesis: Service Design in the Age of Collaboration

MA thesis by Veronica Bluguermann in collaboration with Nokia, presented as part of the graduation requirements of the Industrial and Strategic Design Programme... Experientia
From Putting People First | June 2, 2012 at 02:34 PM

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Ethnographic research in a world of big data

Reacting to the Wired Magazine article that suggests that Experientia
From Putting People First | June 1, 2012 at 07:46 AM