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The Internet of Words

In his review of the recent books by Alice E. Marwick and danah boyd, Ted Striphas focuses on how they guide us in understanding how the internet is affecting our... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 12, 2014 at 06:34 AM

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White House launches UX-focused Digital Service team

Yesterday, the White House formally launched the U.S. Digital Service. “The Digital Service will be a small team made up of our country’s brightest digital talent... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 12, 2014 at 05:49 AM

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UX without user research is not UX

UX teams are responsible for creating desirable experiences for users. Yet many organizations fail to include users in the development process. Without customer... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 12, 2014 at 05:23 AM

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Dropbox’s Head of Design on the dawn of personalized products

Soleio Cuervo, design lead at Dropbox, spends his time thinking of new ways for products to understand our needs and wants in real time. After years of firsthand... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 8, 2014 at 03:37 AM

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Can technology really change your habits?

Downloading an app won’t get you to change your habits. Vivian Giang writes on the science of what will. “There are three kinds of behavioral changes, according... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 8, 2014 at 03:21 AM

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No time to think

Nowadays, people can keep negative thoughts at bay with a frenzy of activity. Kate Murphy writes on the consequences in the Sunday Review section of the New York... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 8, 2014 at 03:12 AM

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The psychological and cultural fallout from the end of privacy

Alex Preston explores the personal, psychological and cultural impact of the end of privacy in today’s Observer: Here lies our greatest risk, one insufficiently... Experientia
From Putting People First | August 3, 2014 at 05:35 AM

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The importance of user-focused research in medical device design

“The human factors activities that deliver safety and effectiveness [in medical devices] do not necessarily deliver a good user experience or, ultimately, a good... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 31, 2014 at 12:29 PM

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On the importance of forgetting

The ongoing debate about Europe’s so-called ‘right to be forgotten‘ ruling on search engines has shone a light onto a key pressure point between technology and... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 28, 2014 at 02:07 AM

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Applying insights from behavioral economics to policy design

Applying insights from behavioral economics to policy design Brigitte C. Madrian NBER Working paper July 2014 The premise of this article is that an understanding... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2014 at 12:32 PM

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Qualitative self-tracking and the Qualified Self

Mark Carrigan, sociologist, academic technologist and research assistant at the Centre for Social Ontology, is intellectually drawn to the Quantified Self because... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2014 at 02:22 AM

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Social wearables, as seen by the NYT R&D Group

Noah Feehan of the New York Times Research & Development group explores the concept of social wearables: objects that explicitly leverage their visibility or invisibility... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 27, 2014 at 01:46 AM

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The touch-screen generation

Young children — even toddlers — are spending more and more time with digital technology. Hanna Rosin wonders what will it mean for their development? “As technology... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 26, 2014 at 05:34 AM

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HeadCon ’13: What’s new in social science?

In July, 2013, Edge invited a group of social scientists to participate in an Edge Seminar at Eastover Farm focusing on the state of the art of what the social... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2014 at 04:24 PM

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Persona Power

Article by Shlomo Goltz on “integrating the hero’s journey as part of the user-centered design process”: “There are many prominent and outspoken members of the... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 24, 2014 at 01:58 AM

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Call to bring refugee-led innovation into humanitarian work

The humanitarian sector must lift barriers to user-led innovation by refugee communities if it is to meet the challenges of an ever-changing world, says a new report... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 22, 2014 at 06:37 AM

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Baking behavioral nudges into the products we own

Maria Bezaitis, PhD and Principal Engineer of Intel’s User Experience Ethnographic Research Lab, discusses the Real World Web and how internet-enabled sensors will... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 20, 2014 at 06:57 AM

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[Book]: Nursing Research Using Ethnography

Nursing Research Using Ethnography: Qualitative Designs and Methods in Nursing Mary De Chesnay, PhD, RN, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN (Editor) Pub. Date: 08/28/2014 372 pp.,... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 19, 2014 at 01:27 PM

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Learning from extreme consumers

Learning from Extreme Consumers by Jill Avery, Michael I. Norton Teaching Note, 9 pages, January 2014 Traditional market research methods focus on understanding... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 19, 2014 at 11:32 AM

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Jibo the “family robot” might be oddly charming, or just plain odd

The “world’s first family robot” is based on efforts to elicit emotional response in humans—a powerful idea, but one fraught with challenges, writes Will Knight... Experientia
From Putting People First | July 19, 2014 at 02:18 AM