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The sharing economy
From Putting People First

The sharing economy

Thanks to the social web, you can now share anything with anyone anywhere in the world. Fast Company profiles Neal Gorenflo who, after quitting his job as strategist...

EU recommendations on privacy protection in smart meters
From Putting People First

EU recommendations on privacy protection in smart meters

The European Union’s Working Party on Data Protection has issued five recommended requirements for the protection of personal privacy in a time of Smart Meters...

Tech mogul? Nope. Any old hack will do.
From Putting People First

Tech mogul? Nope. Any old hack will do.

The Washington Post describes the world and the impact of everyday hackers who use social networks, do-it-yourself-then-show-it-off Web sites, cheap parts from...

Co-creation research journal
From Putting People First

Co-creation research journal

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Call to participate at the Core77 Design Awards
From Putting People First

Call to participate at the Core77 Design Awards

As one of the jury captains for the inaugural year of the Core77 Design Awards, I am calling upon all Putting People First readers to spread the news about the...

Book: Brave NUI World
From Putting People First

Book: Brave NUI World

Brave NUI World: Designing natural user interfaces for touch and gesture by Daniel Wigdor and Dennis Wixon Paperback, 264 pages Morgan Kaufmann, 2011 (Amazon link)...

Book: A new culture of learning
From Putting People First

Book: A new culture of learning

A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown Publisher: CreateSpace – January, 2011)...

Apps to keep America from getting fatter
From Putting People First

Apps to keep America from getting fatter

Tom Dair, CEO of Smart Design, speaks with Dave Cronin, Smart Design

Book: Sentient City
From Putting People First

Book: Sentient City

Sentient City: Ubiquitous Computing, Architecture, and the Future of Urban Space Edited by Mark Shepard Paperback, 200 pages, 2011 MIT Press in copublication with...

Experientia presentation at Fuorisalone, Milan
From Putting People First

Experientia presentation at Fuorisalone, Milan

Irene Cassarino, Experientia’s senior open innovation expert, will be speaking on Designing for Sustainable Change at the Hub Milan on Friday, as part of the Hub’s...

Interview with Stefana Broadbent on our increasingly mixed personal and work lives (in French)
From Putting People First

Interview with Stefana Broadbent on our increasingly mixed personal and work lives (in French)

Hubert Guillaud of the French online magazine InternetActu interviewed Stefana Broadbent, anthropologist and digital ethnographer, who in the last 20 years has...

Africa to be first post-PC continent
From Putting People First

Africa to be first post-PC continent

A convergence of historical circumstance and an increase in innovative mobile applications may make Africa the first post-PC continent. Low investment in wired...

About unnatural user research and limits to usability
From Putting People First

About unnatural user research and limits to usability

Two new articles on UX Matters: User research Is unnatural (but that

The problem with design education
From Putting People First

The problem with design education

University industrial design programs are usually cloistered in schools of art or architecture, and students in such programs are rarely required to study science...

Storytelling and destination development
From Putting People First

Storytelling and destination development

The study “Storytelling and Destination Development” by the Nordic Innovation Centre set out to scrutinize the possibilities and drawbacks of using storytelling...

The fall and rise of user experience
From Putting People First

The fall and rise of user experience

UX designer Cennydd Bowles has posted the transcript of his closing plenary at the IA Summit 2011 in Denver, Colorado. “Although there’s still a substantial gap...

Customer
From Putting People First

Customer

Dr. Ralph-Christian Ohr, a Swiss product manager, reflects thoughtfully on the recent strong discussion on user-led innovation. “There has been quite a lot of discussion...

Ethnographic research inspired Xerox
From Putting People First

Ethnographic research inspired Xerox

Simplifying the workplace so customers can allocate more time and resources to their core business is fundamental to the innovation incubating today in Xerox

Free Experientia backgrounder on EU
From Putting People First

Free Experientia backgrounder on EU

Major emphasis on user-centred design, open innovation and social innovation in new EU innovation strategy On 6 October 2010, the European Commission adopted the...

Service Design Toolkit for the design of public services
From Putting People First

Service Design Toolkit for the design of public services

Yesterday Brussels saw the launch of the English version of the Service Design Toolkit, which Design Flanders developed together with Belgian consultancies Yellow...
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