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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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Book: Applying Anthropology in the Global Village
Applying Anthropology in the Global Village Christina Wasson (Editor); Mary Odell Butler (Editor); Jacqueline Copeland-Carson (Editor) 288 pp. – Nov, 2011 Left...
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A focus on qualitative research in France
In a series of blog posts Rebecca S. Kuchar of Sylver Consulting illustrates the challenges and rewards of orchestrating global and multi-cultural research. A first...
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Creating human-to-human design
In the ever-changing and expanding world of the web, reaching the end user effectively is paramount in the minds of businesses, writes Stephanie Hamilton on Onextrapixel...
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International Journal of Design Devoted to Service Design
The latest issue of the peer-reviewed research journal, International Journal of Design, is devoted to service design. It is edited by Birgit Mager of the Köln...
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Mobile Learning Toolkit published
The mobile phone is now a ubiquitous item even among the world
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Designing for a workforce that acts more sustainably
In a six part article series Gerd Waloszek of SAP User Experience [who is very inspired by Nathan Shedroff's latest book 'Design is the Problem'] approaches the...
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The web brings people together and keeps us sociable, not lonely
The commonly held belief that the internet is turning an entire generation into solitary web-junkies is a myth, according to new research. In a paper to be presented...
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Storytelling in the digital age
Digital technology allows us to tell tales in innovative new ways. As the tools available to publishers grow more sophisticated, it’s up to us, writes Aleks Krotoski...
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Insights from Research Magazine
Four interesting articles in Research Magazine, a UK industry magazine. This month we… browsed a virtual supermarket Robert Bain explores a simulated supermarket...
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How to determine what media airline passengers will choose while travelling
Kevin Miller, global head of insight at in-flight magazine publisher Ink discusses how the environment impacts airline travellers psychologically and in turn affects...
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Home builders need to look beyond the focus group to learn what buyers want
Architects and construction companies can learn a lot still from the techniques of ethnographers and UX designers. Here is an example from the Real Estate section...
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Journal of IA Issue 1, Volume 3 Released
The Spring 2011 Journal of Information Architecture, Issue 1, Vol. 3 is now available, with an editorial by IA Institute Board member, Dan Klyn describing this...
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Designing for social norms (or how not to create angry mobs)
Danah Boyd thinks we need a more critical conversation about the importance of designing with social norms in mind. “Good UX designers know that they have the power...
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Five lessons from a year of tablet UX research
Tablet platforms break traditional paradigms of computer and mobile use, shows ethnographic and interview-based research conducted over the last year by UX research...
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Ezio Manzini on the economics of design for social innovation
Sarah Brooks of Shareable has just published the second part of her interview with the Italian design strategist Ezio Manzini, who is one of the world
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Book: Design for Services
Design for Services Series: Design for Social Responsibility Authors: Anna Meroni and Daniela Sangiorgi Gower Publishing, August 2011, 298 pages In Design for Services...
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Design research: what is it and why do it?
In a long post on reBoot, Panthea Lee has laid out some basic principles, approaches, and tools of design research so public institutions can better understand...
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Review: Paul Dourish & Genevieve Bell
Michiel De Lange has published a very long and somewhat critical review of the book Divining a Digital Future: Mess and Mythology in Ubiquitous Computing by Paul...
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