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Can reputation come down to a number?

The idea of a unified reputation currency is starting to take hold online, writes Josh Klein in the blog of the Harvard Business Review. “With broad agreement that... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 09:18 AM

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On Digital Ethnography: mapping as a mode of data discovery

While digital ethnography is an established field within ethnography, we don’t often hear of ethnographers building digital tools to conduct their fieldwork. Wendy... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 09:09 AM

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Welcome to 2020 and 2030

Business Technology 2020 Human-like technology. The potential downfall of the data center. Hyper-personalization of data. These are some of the responses IT leaders... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 09:04 AM

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Are we becoming cyborgs?

Also the New York Times is turning up the cyborg theme, but luckily more intelligently than CNN. All the technology and internet use has changed how we interact... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 08:11 AM

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Designing a carsharing service that can play a truly relevant role in people’s lives

Brand experience agency edenspiekermann_ and Volkswagen’s Service Innovation Team explored what it takes to define a service that would play a relevant role in... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 08:04 AM

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Time for a digital hat rack

Though hats have long gone out of fashion, the custom should be a guide for how we adapt to the increasing pervasiveness of personal technology. It’s high time,... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:59 AM

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The “strange” profession of the cyborg anthropologist

CNN features a long article about the unusual new profession of the cyborg anthropologist – featuring a robot hand photo for good measure. But reading the article... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:50 AM

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A short film that explores trends in UI, Interaction & Experience Design

The 18 minute “Connecting” documentary, created by Bassett & Partners for Windows Phone Design Studio, is an exploration of the future of Interaction Design and... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:43 AM

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A new Behavioural Design Lab in the UK

The Warwick Business School and the UK Design Council have launched the world’s first Behavioural Design Lab. The lab aims to bring together the power of design... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:36 AM

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Visualising data: seeing is believing

Richard Ingram has posted the transcript of his talk on data visualisation at CS Forum 2012 in Cape Town, South Africa. Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:31 AM

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Service design for innovative banking

Chris Brooker recently ran the Service Design for Innovative Banking workshop at the World Usability Day conference in Silesia, Poland, during which he explored... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 12, 2012 at 07:27 AM

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Design patterns for mobile user interfaces targeted at older adults

The use of smartphones is becoming widespread among all sectors of the population. However, developers and designers do not have access to guidance in designing... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 5, 2012 at 10:14 AM

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No one likes a city that’s too smart

This week London hosts a jamboree of computer geeks, politicians, and urban planners from around the world. At the Urban Age conference, they will discuss the latest... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 5, 2012 at 09:40 AM

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Using ethnography to study asthma

Ethnography can be used to inform important health and policy decisions. But there are few public case studies that illustrate the value of ethnography for this... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 5, 2012 at 09:31 AM

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What does it mean to be a digital native?

The war between natives and immigrants is ending. The natives have won, argues Oliver Joy on the CNN website. It was a bloodless conflict fought not with bullets... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 5, 2012 at 09:19 AM

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In safe hands

Clare Brass is the team leader of Sustain at the Royal College of Art in London, where she presides over a radical initiative to make sustainability a core issue... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 3, 2012 at 11:55 AM

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Morality, the next frontier in human-computer interaction

John Pavlus reflects in the MIT Technology Review on a short essay by Gary Marcus in the New Yorker about the ethical quandaries raised by Google’s driverless car... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 3, 2012 at 11:48 AM

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How Ford makes its cars smarter

In the fast-evolving world of connected cars, CTO Paul Mascarenas is bringing Detroit and Silicon Valley together to chart Ford’s path into the future. Brian Cooley... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 3, 2012 at 11:39 AM

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Intel’s UX research on touch interface usage and Ultrabooks

One of the more innovative studies to come along at Intel in regards to user experience and the Ultrabook is Daria Loi’s global survey of touch interface usage.... Experientia
From Putting People First | December 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM

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Nestor’s World, a Belgian social design tool

The full service design agency Pars Pro Toto in Ghent, Belgium built the “Wereld van Nestor” [Nestor's World], a social design tool meant to help local governments... Experientia
From Putting People First | November 29, 2012 at 09:33 AM