News from Mark Vanderbeeken from Turin/Italy:
| 02/09/2010 | Why privacy is not dead via Putting people first The way privacy is encoded into software doesn't match the way we handle it in real life, writes Microsoft researcher Danah Boyd in the Technology Review. “Each time Facebook?s privacy settings.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | A cyber-house divided via Putting people first Online as much as in the real world, people bunch together in mutually suspicious groups?and in both realms, peacemaking is an uphill struggle. The Economist reports in an article that quotes Danah B.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | Attention: This revolution will NOT be televised via Putting people first Adrian Chan of Gravity 7 and Andreas Weigend , former chief scientist at Amazon.com and lecturer at Stanford and UC Berkeley, together wrote an article on how best to respond to the world of social d.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | Stowe Boyd?s thoughts on our social future via Putting people first Stowe Boyd went to BlogTalk in Galway, Ireland and came back inspired: sociality, he says, has turned out to be the most interesting thing to emerge from the past decade of the web. “The next g.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | Basque PhD thesis on relationship of youth today with new technologies via Putting people first A few days ago sociologist Ms Lucía Merino presented her PhD thesis entitled, Digital natives: a study of the technological socialisation of young people , at the University of the Basque Country (UP.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | Mobile devices and privacy via Putting people first Should we focus on changing the behaviour of people OR changing the behaviour of devices? That is the key question in article by Ajit Jaokar on his blog Open Gardens. “The many privacy related .. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | How mobile devices could lead to more city living via Putting people first People pushing sustainability don't tend to be the same types who love our digital-crazed iWorld. And that's a problem because it means they don't push one of the great advantages of dense, energy-ef.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | The library user experience: services before content via Putting people first Libraries will have to build a new foundation if they are to recover from these economic hard times?a foundation of valuable services, of user experience, not just free content, writes Aaron Schmidt .. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | To win over users, gadgets have to be touchable via Putting people first Researchers say that touch screens are the start of a trend to make computers more open to human gestures, argues the New York Times. “Device makers in a post-iPhone world are focused on finger.. read more... |
| 02/09/2010 | Interactions magazine on human nuances via Putting people first The current issue of Interactions Magazine is generally on the nuances of what makes us human, writes co-editor-in-chief Jon Kolko , and more in particular “about authenticity, complexity, and .. read more... |
Short notes from Victors Lombardi's Blog from New York City:
| 25/08/2010 | User Experience Areas Explained via Noise Between Stations Can these disciplines be explained in two sentences? Click for a larger version… read more... |
| 19/06/2010 | I.B.M.?s Watson, Like a Good Designer, Thinks in Possibilities via Noise Between Stations After studying concept design for a while, I've come to the conclusion that the single best thing designers can do to come up with better concepts is to do more of them . Generating more options incr.. read more... |
| 29/01/2010 | Why I Think Posture Makes the iPad Different via Noise Between Stations Of all the images to come out of the iPad announcement, the one struck me the most was less about the device and more about the experience of it: iPad in Lounging Position Lying back on the sofa R.. read more... |
| 17/12/2009 | Support for Innovation is Not the Same as Support for R&D via Noise Between Stations In case you're wondering how to expose business leaders to the innovative power of design and design research without using those words, read how John Kay does it in the FT : For years research and d.. read more... |
Latest Stuff from Tom Peters! Company/US:
| 02/02/2009 | Farewell via TP Wire Service As we mentioned earlier, today will be the last day of postings at TP Wire Service. This is a project that we've greatly enjoyed. Thank you for joining us on this journey and we hope that you will co.. read more... |
| 02/02/2009 | New Financial Threat Looms via TP Wire Service 02 Feb 2009 from WSJ.com: What's News US | Read the full story» The chill at last week's global economic conference in Davos wasn't from the Alpine air but from the threat of financial protecti.. read more... |
| 02/02/2009 | GDP numbers signal more slowdown via TP Wire Service 30 Jan 2009 from APM's Marketplace | Read the full story» The U.S. economy suffered its biggest slowdown in more than 25 years, according to last quarter's GDP figures. And with inventory pilin.. read more... |
| 02/02/2009 | Punxsutawney Phil sees shadow, winter to continue via TP Wire Service 02 Feb 2009 from USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | Read the full story» The world's most famous groundhog has seen his shadow which, legend has it, means this already long winter will last for .. read more... |
| 02/02/2009 | China's labor unrest worse than suspected via TP Wire Service 02 Feb 2009 from Boing Boing | Read the full story» Independent researchers have published findings about China's labor unrest, saying that it is much more widespread than it ever has been befo.. read more... |
Essays from Niti Bhan and Steve Portigal et. al. from San Francisco:
| 24/03/2010 | Design already has a voice in the boardrooms via Does Size Matter? What Design needs to do is shut up and learn to listen. No more need of definitions, frameworks, methods and tools. A good engineer (problem solver) will find a way to get what needs to be done comple.. read more... |
| 17/07/2007 | Better design for the greater good via Does Size Matter? This is the longest I've ever gone without posting I think and I appreciate those of you who wrote in to ask about my textual dissapearance. Well, I've good news and bad news - I'm not yet back blogg.. read more... |
