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Donald Norman on design without designers
From Putting People First

Donald Norman on design without designers

In his latest Core77 contribution, the acclaimed Donald Norman reflects on the role of testing versus creativity in design and innovation. “There is a trend to...

Donald Norman on design without designers
From Putting People First

Donald Norman on design without designers

In his latest Core77 contribution, the acclaimed Donald Norman reflects on the role of testing versus creativity in design and innovation.

Bruce Sterling interview by Rhys Hughes
From Putting People First

Bruce Sterling interview by Rhys Hughes

Last week, La Stampa newspaper of Turin, Italy published an interview with Bruce Sterling, conducted by Welsh writer and essayist Rhys Hughes. The complete English...

Bruce Sterling interview by Rhys Hughes
From Putting People First

Bruce Sterling interview by Rhys Hughes

Last week, La Stampa newspaper of Turin, Italy published an interview with Bruce Sterling, conducted by Welsh writer and essayist Rhys Hughes. The complete English...

Is social media catalyzing an offline sharing economy?
From Putting People First

Is social media catalyzing an offline sharing economy?

The results of Latitude Research and Shareable Magazine‘s The New Sharing Economy study released today indicate that online sharing does indeed seem to encourage...

Depth of field: Film in design research
From Putting People First

Depth of field: Film in design research

Timo Arnall and Einar Sneve Martinussen have published the article “Depth of field: discursive design research through film,” which discusses the role of film in...

What is user experience design? Overview, tools and resources
From Putting People First

What is user experience design? Overview, tools and resources

Jacob Gube has published a guide on Smashing Magazine that aims to familiarize us with the professional discipline of UX design in the context of Web-based systems...

Visualisations in service design
From Putting People First

Visualisations in service design

Fabian Segelstr

Visualisations in service design
From Putting People First

Visualisations in service design

Fabian Segelstr

Talk by anthropologist Mimi Ito in Milan
From Putting People First

Talk by anthropologist Mimi Ito in Milan

Yesterday cultural anthropologist Mimi Ito spoke on the impact of technology on teen and youth culture at the Meet The Media Guru event in Milan, Italy. The video...

Danah Boyd taking a pulse in roiling online world
From Putting People First

Danah Boyd taking a pulse in roiling online world

The Boston Globe profiles Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd. “At the center of the broader societal debate is Boyd, whose views on key issues like online privacy...

Nokia building loyalty among the bankless
From Putting People First

Nokia building loyalty among the bankless

The Register reports at length on Nokia’s move into Mobile Money. “For a technology company, Mobile Money is remarkably low-tech. Only the tiniest amount of bandwidth...

My Twitter feed
From Putting People First

My Twitter feed

It is always a trade-off what to put on Putting People First, and what not. I try to make the call as best as I can. Whatever doesn’t cut the chase, but I still...

Data visualisation as an actionable tool in our lives
From Putting People First

Data visualisation as an actionable tool in our lives

This week I watched the excellent online documentary “Journalism in the Age of Data“, which is a video report on data visualisation as a storytelling medium that...

Crowdsourcing: turning customers into creative directors
From Putting People First

Crowdsourcing: turning customers into creative directors

Is turning your customers into both creative director and chief of research the ideal low-cost model for business? The BBC reports on the role of crowdsourcing...

Facebook exec: All media will be personalized in 3 to 5 years
From Putting People First

Facebook exec: All media will be personalized in 3 to 5 years

Facebook’s Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg said in New York today that in the next three to five years, a website that isn’t tailored to a specific user’s...

Manuel Castells: Mobile internet will outstrip
From Putting People First

Manuel Castells: Mobile internet will outstrip

By 2014, the number of mobile internet users will surpass the number of users browsing the internet via a desktop computer, says a former adviser to Barack Obama’s...

What does the Internet of Things mean for UX people?
From Putting People First

What does the Internet of Things mean for UX people?

Last week, the Sixth European Information Architecture Summit took place in Paris, and all the presentations are already online. Here are a few that caught my attention...

Creating a patient-centered future for health care
From Putting People First

Creating a patient-centered future for health care

Minneapolis firm Worrell looked at the future of health care through the patient’s perspective. Fast Company’s Co.Design site reports. “When it comes to designing...

Forrester Research: Many social networkers happy just to lurk
From Putting People First

Forrester Research: Many social networkers happy just to lurk

Online social networks are growing, but the percentage of users uploading content to sites like YouTube and Facebook has “plateaued” worldwide, according to a report...
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