What is the state of user experience on the eve of the 2008 MEX conference?
This article by Marek Pawlowski, founder of MEX and Editorial Director at PMN, provides an overview of mobile user experience issues ahead of the MEX conference in London this week (27th – 28th May).
As we prepare to welcome the industry to Lon…
Short-list for the 2008 MEX Mobile User Experience Awards
After lengthy review by the panel of independent judges (see below), we are delighted to release the short-lists for 2008 MEX Mobile User Experience Awards. The winners will be officially announced at a special evening reception in London on …
Video interviews: Mobile search requires a radically different approach in the mobile environment
At the MEX 2008 conference, we’ll be looking at the user experience of mobile search from two rather different perspectives. One view will be given by Scott Jenson, who leads mobile UI development for search giant Google. The other will be provi…
Design Competition Entry: Mix It Up
The design of the whole program was created according to the psychology of potential users: what outfit they would have preferred, colors that would best match the context and interface that would be user-friendly overall. The result we got is the amazing application with a very useful functionality.
As lots of people […]
Design Competition Entry: My Mobile Closet
My concept has two main components. The first is a shortcode component where users are able to send an SMS (short message service) with item number to a designated shortcode # (41411 MYMC), thereby adding said item to their mobile closet for later use. The second component is the actual programmed application where users are […]
Design Competition Entry: MoDist – a MObile DISTance tracker
The problem is that small business owners and others need to log all of their business miles for tax deductions and employees/owners frequently forget to write down any business miles. Even if a log book exists, it is frequently forgotten and trip mileage is forgotten or fabricated/ guestimated. This is especially difficult for small businesses […]
Design Competition Entry: Memory Box
Memory Box provides young people with a private space within the device, and personalized widgets to store, manage and share their memories.
Features
• Provides them with a private space within the device
• Allows them the option to password-protect the area
• Provides them with personalized widgets to store and manage
– Text messages
– Photos, audio and video
– Contact […]
Fragmentation is the enemy of innovation
This article by Marek Pawlowski, founder of MEX and Editorial Director at PMN, is intended to provoke and inspire discussion around MEX Manifesto #3, entitled ‘Fragmentation is the enemy of innovation‘ ahead of the MEX conference in London next mo…