April 2010
23 posts
UrbanTick: The Internet of Things - Tags and... →
Linking thoughts, visions and memory to real object has so far been surprisingly difficult and complicated. Only when you start thinking about recording a message related to an object and making it…
Design Research in Information Systems →
Design research is yet another “lens” or set of analytical techniques and perspectives (complementing the Positivist and Interpretive perspectives) for performing research in IS. Design research…
UXBASIS – UX in a box →
Comprehensive look at Hello Group’s UX and Business goals analysis process
Being Human: Human-Computer Interaction in the... →
“…uncover and articulate new paradigms, goals and perspectives for HCI. By bringing together some of the world’s leading thinkers on this topic, the hope was that their discussions, debates and…
Paper Browser: It's a Browser only in Paper →
Fairly clever PDF’s, nifty for quick paper doodling of flows and ideas
Burroughs Book Covers →
I like the transformations of the cover for the same book, Junkie (1953) - don’t judge a book by its cover, people!
Kevin Kelly →
Incredibly smart, sometimes annoying commenter on all thing trendy, trending, technical and evolutionary. And then some…
Everything Animated on Vimeo →
Great Vimeo channel of animated videos
Docs - Facebook as docsharing platform →
Extremely interesting document sharing platform, enabling you to share and compose Word docs on facebook
Participatory Design: The Thirds Space in HCI... →
This chapter surveys methods, techniques, and practices in Participatory Design (PD) that can lead to hybrid experiences – that is, practices that take place neither in the workers’ domain, nor in…
SCOUTING NY →
Great blog on interesting things to see and new ways to explore NYC
Can I use it? » Blog Archive » A Journey from... →
Ethnographic research involves the study of people and groups as they go about their everyday lives. The ethnographer participates in daily routines within the context of the research setting,…
iBook for the iPad with Adobe InDesign CS5 | Terry... →
These are exciting times in the publishing industry! The tools have never been better to get your word out. With the introduction of Adobe Creative Suite 5 and in particular InDesign CS5, my head is…
Users like you? Theorizing agency in... →
Interesting and well written article on user agency and participatory media.
Emanuel Goldberg, Electronic Document Retrieval,... →
Vannevar Bush’s famous paper “As We May Think” (1945) described an imaginary information retrieval machine, the Memex. The Memex is usually viewed, unhistorically, in relation to subsequent…
Facebook Persona - Generate Persona with the help... →
Facebook Persona is a handy, simple Persona generating utility designed for usability tests, making use of Facebook API and Facebook profile data.
Line 6, MIDI Interface for iPhone & iPod touch →
Clever, I’d say…got to check it out some time: MIDI Mobilizer connects to an Apple iPhone or iPod touch to play, record, and backup MIDI information any time, any place.
ScienceDirect - Tourism Management : Temporal... →
Destination revisit intention has been viewed as an important research topic both in academia and the tourism industry. It is important to observe tourists’ revisit intentions from a time perspective…
» Our Misguided Focus on Brand and User Experience... →
If there is a future for designers and marketers in big business, it lies not in brand, nor in “UX”, nor in any colorful way of framing total control over a consumer, such as “brand equity”, “brand…
A 2009 Vuptikunst impro piece, live at Trinitatis...
Designing with Lenses | UX Booth →
A design lens allows you to view the user experience through the eyes of a single design principle. Lenses were originally created for game design but are just as powerful for user experience design.
Can organizations be beautiful? » Design Thinking →
Great design thinking results in functionally and emotionally satisfying solutions where the emotional value is generated through the creation of meaning. In design, meaning largely comes from…
Design anthropology: What can it add to your... →
Designers primarily concern themselves with how to create a “successful” communication, product, or experience. But with the past 10 years of globalization, digitalization, and ever increasing design…