Kategoria: Herkut (Page 15 of 45)

”It may take you only a few minutes to create a blog, but doing so means a commitment to frequent content posts. When you start any Web 2.0 initiative, you should think about what (and who) it’s going to require over its lifespan, not just pre-release.”

Online it’s easy to say things you’d never say face to face. But if we’re all going to be disagreeing more, we should be careful to do it well.

Yet another great article on Jan Chipchase, my personal hero. ”His mission, broadly defined, is to peer into the lives of other people, accumulating as much knowledge as possible about human behavior.”

”Done well a social media campaign can result in increased brand exposure, thousands of new website visitors and natural links to improve those all important search engine rankings.”

Let the user tell you himself how to dot it without even seeing him.

Tutkimus siitä, kuinka tietotekniikan oikea käyttö opetukseen pitää yllä yhteisön kulttuurisia piirteitä, vaikka samalla lisää tietoa muista kulttuureista ja helpottaa niiden hyväksymistä.

”This is a human factors problem in that the technology is in place, but many of the people who will be affected by the new technology are not ready. The focus now falls on understanding something about the users – that they are not technologically savvy.

A paper exploring the relationship between UX and current approaches to usability in ISO standards, and how the ISO approach could potentially be extended to incorporate UX in guidance for product developers.

Olemmeko luomassa yhteiskuntaa, jossa ikääntyneet syrjäytyvät, koska eivät osaa hyödyntää teknologiaa?

Sitran ja Tekesin tutkimuksen tavoitteena oli selvittää nuorten käsityksiä tulevaisuudesta ja omasta elämästään siinä. Ja mitä paljastui? Tulevaisuuskuvat ovat hyvin perinteisiä; perhe-elämä on tärkeällä sijalla ja sukupuoliroolit elävät.

Avoimuutta ei synny pakottamalla ja kuinka muka-yhteisöllistä toimintatapaa ei voi väkisin viedä ympäristöön, johon se ei sovi.

The term user experience will be used in the new version of ISO 13407 (which will be called ISO 9241-210 to bring it into line with other usability standards).

What happens once the drawing leaves the designer?

”In future there will be no more designers. The designers of the future will be the personal coach, the gym trainer, the diet consultant.”

Highlights of an interesting discussion regarding personas, process, and communication from the IxD Discussion mailing list, which spun off from a thread on presentation software.

A largr but long-in-the-tooth technology company hoping to become a bigger force in online advertising buys a small start-up in a sector that everybody agrees is the next big thing.

”The point is to share, no matter what.”

Some light on China’s digital culture, like the fact that half of the current internet users in China were not online 2 years ago, and there’s soon more people online than in the US.

The main reason why corporate social media is difficult to do is that social media by definition wants to express voice and opinion. Corporates do not.

A good look at the numbers.

”The opportunity online is to fix your toaster. When you want to make toast, the site should get out of the way and let you make toast.”

Web is the new ”normal”, which means that there will be less of a need for digital specialists across many industries. Some of these jobs won’t exist in their current form within a couple of years.

The tab as an information technology metaphor is everywhere in use. And whether our tabs are cardboard extensions or digital projections, they all date to an invention little more than a hundred years old.

There is a huge problem in the software and web services industry: 3rd party applications, widgets, dashboards or site add-ons. Poor user experiences with 3rd-party applications can undermine or make your usability efforts look bad.

The fundamental principles that guide Google in designing great user experiences.

A small yet growing body of evidence suggests that how people think and feel is being influenced strongly by ecosystem transformation related to climate change. Solastalgia describes a palpable sense of dislocation and loss that people feel when they perceive changes to their local environment as harmful.

The possibilities are endless when companies start seeing customers as friends.

”Everyone knows that person in the workplace, who might not rank high, but who seems to know everything and everyone, and who is consulted at times of need and unforeseen problems. The value of those persons is only revealed when they quit.”