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Book: Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out: Kids Living and Learning with New Media
Putting people first —
Authority: 430
Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out Kids Living and Learning with New Media (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning) An examination of young people’s everyday new media practices—including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and ...12 hours ago -
Designing mobile money services for emerging markets
Putting people first —
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Nokia user researcher Jan Chipchase has posted an in-depth presentation and paper on designing mobile money services for emerging markets: “Hang around a telecoms industry conference long enough and you start to get big-number fatigue – as one stack of seemingly impressive statistic blurs into the next. The ...1 day ago -
Social isolation and new technology
Putting people first —
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The Pew Internet Personal Networks and Community survey finds that Americans are not as isolated as has been previously reported. People’s use of the mobile phone and the internet is associated with larger and more diverse discussion networks. And, when we examine people’s full personal network – their strong ...5 days ago -
It’s OK To Poke
Mike McCready —
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Growing up our parents use to tell us its not nice to poke our brother or sister, but we never really listened. Now that lack of listening can pay off. Lately at work there has been a lot of experimentation with software, processes, methodologies, etc. When talking to my colleagues, I’ve referred to this ...5 days ago -
Understanding users of social networks
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Harvard Business School professor Mikolaj Jan Piskorski has spent years studying users of online social networks (SN) and has developed surprising findings about the needs that they fulfill, how men and women use these services differently, and how Twitter—the newest kid on the block—is sharply different from ...6 days ago -
Nov-Dec 2009 edition of Interactions magazine online
Putting people first —
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The November-December edition of Interactions Magazine is online and some articles are available without subscription. Unfortunately, the main menu page doesn’t say which articles are publicly available (although without images) and which aren’t (what about ‘affordances’ in web design?), so I have selected ...1 week ago -
Videos of keynote speeches at Seoul design research conference
Putting people first —
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Last week, the IASDR 2009 conference (International Association of Societies of Design Research) took place in Seoul, South Korea, and all videos of the keynote speeches are already available. Donald A. Norman: Science and Design I start with three contradictory views: First, that a science of design is already ...1 week ago -
SuperRacing presentation at Oz-IA
USiT —
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On Friday the 2nd of October, two of the USiT team (Pat and Alun) gave a presentation at the first day of Oz-IA 2009, the 4th Australian Information Architecture conference. The presentation told the story, in 25 minutes, of the research and design for the SuperRacing website. The slides are shown below. Bringing ...1 week ago -
Computerworld New Zealand on user-centred web design
Putting people first —
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Computerworld New Zealand introduces user-centred web design. Introducing user-centred web design The first article in this series introduces the idea of User-Centred Design (UCD) — a design process that concentrates on designing websites for the people who will use them; rather than to embody the latest trends ...1 week ago -
the speed of the mobile web, part 1: user perception
Little Springs Design —
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Last week, Gomez published "Why the Mobile Web is Disappointing End-Users,” which you can read online at Scribd . In summary, huge numbers of users are reporting problems with the mobile web, with download time the number one problem. While this seems simple, it really isnt. Consider my ongoing experience on my ...1 week ago -
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Alibaba.com UED —
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自前几个月仔细看了UX WEEK ...2 weeks ago -
Human behavior: the key to future tech developments
Putting people first —
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As trained observers of how people in a society live, ethnographers can help companies figure out what people need and then work with designers to meet those needs with new (or more often tweaked) products and services. CNN reports. “Microsoft and many other companies realize that since it is, after all, people who ...2 weeks ago -
iPhone Treading into RIM’s Territory
AT&T (formerly Cingular) iPhone Reviews, iPhone Apps and Accessories —
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Just the fact that you’re reading this blog gives some indication of the fact that you appreciate the iPhone in some capacity. However, according to a recent study, the device’s popularity has been so broad that it’s smashing beyond the walls that have (until now) defined the consumer user market. In fact now it ...2 weeks ago -
Just add an egg: Usability, User Experience and Dramaturgy
Konigi —
Authority: 425
Harry Brignull quotes a passage from Susan Marks Finding Betty Crocker to tell the story of how the cake mix maker used a clever bit of imagination about the process of using their product to give customers the feeling of playing a desirable role--that of home-maker and cook. They did this by simply requiring that ...3 weeks ago -
Myths and realities about women and mobile phones
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Mobile phones have been a boon to developing countries and to social development. Access to mobiles may indeed allow for better medical information, change the way farmers grow and sell crops, expand the way families interact, influence the way governments treat their citizens, and improve the way students learn in ...3 weeks ago -
Effectively Moderating Usability Tests, October 21
UIE Brain Sparks —
Authority: 108
You’ve just been asked to moderate a usability test. Whether it’s your first or your 199th,do you know how to do it and capture the best results? Will you be able to start it without a lump in your throat, or without being distracted by the though that your every move is being watched? We’re bringing an expert ...3 weeks ago -
TalkTalk launches Digital Anthropology Report
Putting people first —
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Yesterday TalkTalk , the UK broadband division of Carphone Warehouse, launched the Digital Anthropology Report – a comprehensive insight into how British people use the internet. “We spoke to over 2,000 people around the country and looked at their attitudes to technology, how they use the internet and other ...4 weeks ago -
Usability Testing: Do You Have the Right People In the Room?
UIE Brain Sparks —
Authority: 108
In our next UIE Virtual Seminar, Recruiting for Usability Testing on Wednesday, September 30, usability testing expert Dana Chisnell shows you how to maximize your time and money on the right participants to get the right results. User experience research lives or dies by the appropriateness of the ...7 weeks ago
