Pathway #14: Context
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Design principles for digital presence
If we were sitting opposite each other, how many different ways might you evaluate my level of attentiveness to our conversation? You might consider:
- Am I looking at you or out of the window?
- Am I leaning forwards or sitting back?
- Di…
User story: the BBQ and the errant butler
Part of MEX User Stories, an ongoing series of tales about digital user experience in the real world.
Alexa, it seems, can be an opportunistic dinner guest. At a recent summer barbeque, she was sitting quietly on a deck laid for outdoor dining, a…
Video: David Mingay & Sam Livingstone’s #mexsession re-imagining automotive UI
David Mingay & Sam Livingstone share lessons from a collaboration which tapped Car Design Research’s automotive industry insight and Ustwo’s digital interface design capabilities. Looking at the needs of drivers accustomed to smartphone UIs, the p…
Google’s wandering, inevitable path to ambient augmentation
Would you like to explore a tangent? It concerns chickens, antiques and the future of ambient augmentation.
About twice a week I like to buy eggs from a local farm. It is a walk of a few miles, along a country road at first and then across fields…
Video: Toni Laturi’s #mexsession on multi-touchpoint UX for sports fans
Building multi-touchpoint experiences which unfold across several screens – from TVs to smartphones – challenges designers to think about what happens in the conceptual gaps between devices. It requires a different approach to user research and in…
Hey Siri, am I clear to land?
I was lucky enough to be taken for a flight in a small four seater plane, touring over New Jersey, USA. It provided insight into the role of audio as a data channel, especially in an environment of complex controls.
The panel of instruments wa…
Context aware UX should be sensitive to the lies users tell themselves, not just the binary facts understood by computers
The UX of artificial intelligence thrives on relationship building, not a single transformational moment