February 19, 2010 • 2:20 pm 0
We are back in action from a long , very long road trip to india. Soon i shall be sharing some insights on india , but first i need to share the worlds 50 most innovative companies of 2010, curated by the fastcompany blog, featuring facebook as no1. up from no. 15 last year).Really??? Really now??? Faceboook!!! hmmm. It’s a long list and can be sorted out industry wise with a separate category only on indian companies(witnessed the entrepreneurial rise in india this time).
Filed under: Design
November 2, 2009 • 12:34 pm 0
Bruce Temkin of Forrester Research worked together with Ron Rogowski (the primary author) on a research report that created a concept called Emotional Experience Design, which they define as: Creating interactions that engage users by catering to their emotional needs.
Abstract:
“As consumers increasingly look to connect with companies online, lackluster Web experiences will damage many brands. But better functional design won’t solve the problem. Instead, Forrester recommends that companies master the three principles of a new approach that we call Emotional Experience Design (EED): Address customers’ real goals, develop a coherent personality, and engage a mix of senses. Firms can get started by focusing their research on uncovering users’ emotional needs, capturing emotional feedback in testing, and charting a course to Experience-Based Differentiation (EBD).”
Filed under: User Experience
November 2, 2009 • 12:25 pm 0
Elizabeth Sanders on “co-creation through generative design thinking”. Sanders is a pioneer in the use of participatory research methods for the design of products, systems, services and spaces. She divides her time between teaching and practice. Here is a brief Abstract.
“Generative design thinking provides a design language for all of us, designers as well as non-designers, to use in provoking the imagination, stimulating ideation, stirring the emotions, discovering unmet needs and facilitating embodiments of future possibilities. Examples of this generative design language in action, from projects ranging from consumer product and service development to the planning and architecture of new healthcare campuses, will be shared.
Building on the emerging co-creative landscapes will require that we hold new attitudes and mindsets about the people formerly known as ‘consumers’ or ‘users’. It will also require that designers and researchers take on new roles in addressing the rigor, relevance and sustainability needed for human-centered designing. “
Filed under: Design
October 30, 2009 • 1:47 am 0
Recently I posted news about Gary Hayes Social media count that shows how active the Social Web & Mobile Industry is. Today i stumbled upon another very insightful comentary on the differences between key elements, Social Media, Digital Multi platform, Transmedia Storytelling plus collateral fallout, Marketing and why these are combining to create a Perfect Storm.
“A decade plus on, I am still beating this same drum but with dwindling air time, declining advertising revenues and funding, the eyeballs have shifted somewhere else finally - ’they’ are starting to listen even if they insist on bringing a lot of old business model baggage with them. But this post is about a perfect storm that is upon us. Ubiquitous multi platform technologies are now available to anyone to tell their stories across a sea of services. Social Media everywhere, anytime, democratised transmedia storytelling, the new product on the online shelves are people, individuals effectively marketing themselves, a brand of one. All of this competing against traditional media TV, Film, Radio & Papers. This post (albeit a bit preachy!) raises a question, that was going to be the title of this post – Collaborate or die?”
Read Complete Article
Filed under: Social Media
October 30, 2009 • 12:48 am 0
Google rolled out Google squared some time back, but did you know about the new Google social search experiment? Google has rolled out a new experiment on Google Labs called Google Social Search that helps you find more relevant public content from your broader social circle. I think It is now available for everyone to try out or will be by the end of the day. Here is the Demo.
Gene Golovchinsky expresses his opinion on the FXPAL blog.
Found this related post very entertaining “Google’s creepy Social Search: what creepy thing is google upto now?”
Filed under: Social Web
October 28, 2009 • 5:34 pm 0
The article on Sixrevisions.com explores creating timeless user experience.
“Web and UX professionals battle everyday for the qualities that make up the timeless experience. Unfortunately concerns like: being first to market, shareholder expectations (profits), trying to one up the competition, and many other factors result in complex, and run-of-the-mill experiences.”
In reality the kinds of products, websites, and applications that survive and continue to be effective are those that that focus on the user experience. The digital world evolves continually, but we need to manage this by making sure we don’t leave the people who use our applications and websites in the dust.
Filed under: User Experience
October 28, 2009 • 2:40 am 1
Garry Hayes developed two little Flash apps (still under development) that show how active the Social Web & Mobile Industry is.
Check out the social media count since the time i stumbled upon Garry hayes counter, and read it half way through and took a snapshot.
Garry Hayes observations :
“The social web has exploded in the last year and below are some of the key data points that the ‘Gary’s Social Media Count’ is based on (many will be updated!).
This was just about the social networks. Read more about Mobile networking on Personalizemedia.com
Filed under: Social Media
October 28, 2009 • 1:21 am 0
On the second Thursday of the month of November is World Usability Day. It was founded to ensure that the services and products important to life are easier to access and simpler to use. Each year, it has a specific focus and this year is “Designing for a sustainable world”. In 2008 more than 40,000 people in 180 cities in 43+ countries participated in World Usability Day 2008.
Here is how you can participate:
Register a local event– energize your company, community, university or collaborate with your local UPA Chapter and business associationsor Volunteer by sharing your experiences on your blog/website or attend a local event. I might attend the one in Geneva by telono. Here is the details if you are interested.
Filed under: User Experience
October 28, 2009 • 12:59 am 0
Late summer Guardian began a project to tell the story of the internet using the internet. As a part of the project they asked all their readers to share their experiences of life online. Now they published an interactive documentary of stories told and videos, alongside with guardian’s exclusive research and interviews with key figures.
“The development was not just the work of Arpa-funded computer scientists. Bulletin boards, Usenet and simple chat functions were also parents of the internet today. The interviews include people who put the technology to new uses – Dave Hughes, who turned the bulletin board to political purposes in Colorado Springs in the early 1980s (Roger’s Bar), or Richard Bartle at Essex University who co-created multi-user online gaming (MUD) in the late 1970s.”
View the interactive documentary
Filed under: Social Web
October 26, 2009 • 3:20 pm 0
The Pew Internet & American Life Project has released a new survey with some stats on people who are using Twitter, MySpace, Facebook and so on to give status updates to others, or see what others updates. Hee are some highlights
Via Designmind
Filed under: Social Web
NYC BIG APPS
A software application competition to make the New York City more transparent, accessible and accountable, and easier place to live, work and play
NOKIA PUSH N900
A unique project from Nokia is looking for help from the world’s most skilled designers, artists, hackers and modders.
ITSME O.S
Join a group of designers and developers to design next generation personal computing based on "Stories and Venues" metaphor
The3Six5 A new blog-project that invites a different, often famous, person to write an entry for each of the 365 days in 2010, essentially crowdsourcing a snapshot of the year. 
The Fun Theory Award recognizes those thoughts, ideas and inventions that help prove the fun theory. That fun is the easiest way to change people's behaviour for the better. See example below
