Pathway #14: Context
CategoryDesign 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…
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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.
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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