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Embodied interactions: in touch with the digital

Fabian Hemmert will be one of the keynote speakers at Interaction 12. In this article on Johnny Holland, he reflects on “recent developments in the research field... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 04:25 PM

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Flow in design

Dana Chisnell reports on the importance of flow in UX design. Flow comes from focused attention, deep engagement, a feeling of mastering a challenge. The outside... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 04:10 PM

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The existential challenges of human-robot interaction

How will we react when a loyal humanoid robot that has served us for years suddenly fails? Will we genuinely grieve for no-longer working bots that have accompanied... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 11, 2011 at 03:57 PM

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Five myths about social media

Ramesh Srinivasan methodically breaks down five ‘myths’ about social media in this Washington Post article: Here are his myths (which few in the UX community would... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 6, 2011 at 11:24 AM

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New Master in UX in Rome, Italy

The La Sapienza University in Rome is organising the first User Experience Master for students who already have a previous degree. Although a highly laudable initiative... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 4, 2011 at 04:09 PM

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Investigating the experience of love for products

“Shoes, cars and other love stories: Investigating the experience of love for products is the title of the doctoral dissertation (and a book!) by Beatriz Russo... Experientia
From Putting People First | October 4, 2011 at 03:58 PM

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PressPausePlay, a film about hope, fear and digital culture

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunities. But... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 02:02 PM

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Truth, lies and the internet

The internet is the greatest source of information for people living in the UK today. But the amount of material available at the click of a mouse can be both liberating... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 01:40 PM

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UX: old wine in new bottles?

Finnish researchers Antti Oulasvirta, Pertti Saariluoma, Rebekah Rousi and Jaana Leikas discuss replacing using intuitive notions of emotions with systematic psychological... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 30, 2011 at 01:31 PM

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Low2No Camp: entrepreneurial ideas to activate Low2No vision

Article by Experientia collaborator Irene Cassarino, with additional input from Jan-Christoph Zoels. How do you create community services and business models... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 11:43 AM

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From mass consumerism to mass change: Hope for sustainable consumption

In an article for Shareable, Caren Holzman presents trends that signal “a reversal in the way that consumers value and use products and services”: “A global culture... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 09:43 AM

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Invigorating education with technology

Techcrunch reports on a recent set of rapid-fire presentations from Imagine K12, an incubator for education-related startups. On the one hand, the innovation taking... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 08:57 AM

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The end of motoring

Highly recommended read in The Guardian on the end of the golden age of motoring (or for non-Brits: car travel): “The most radical change [according to German entrepreneur... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 27, 2011 at 08:46 AM

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Khoi Vinh reflects on the fact (and the user experience) that almost everything on all of his computers and all of his mobile devices can only be accessed with... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 23, 2011 at 06:26 AM

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Book: Mobile First

Mobile First Luke Wroblewski A Book Apart October 2011 Abstract Our industry Experientia
From Putting People First | September 23, 2011 at 06:00 AM

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Reflections on the internet of things and yet another revolution

The internet of things and yet another revolution The “internet of things” is viewed as the next big thing, but when will it allow people to create their own stuff... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 23, 2011 at 05:26 AM

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BBC Viewpoint: Anthropology meets technology

Intel’s corporate anthropologist Genevieve Bell has written an elegant introductory article for the BBC site on the role of anthropology in the corporation – particularly... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 21, 2011 at 03:11 PM

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Digital AlterNatives with a Cause?

Hivos (The Netherlands) and the Centre for Internet and Society (Bangalore, India) have consolidated their three year knowledge inquiry into the field of youth,... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 21, 2011 at 03:05 PM

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Green markets must be created by you

Tuuli Kaskinen and Roope Mokka, researchers at Demos Helsinki, argue in an essay that we need more than mere sustainable versions of everyday products: we need... Experientia
From Putting People First | September 21, 2011 at 08:11 AM

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Designing social tools around user interests

The key to designing social media well lies in designing it for a user Experientia
From Putting People First | September 21, 2011 at 07:40 AM