Virtual 3D typography and iPad light painting
Andrew Muir Wood, MEX alumnus and also a speaker (read his blog here) at the next MEX on 30 Nov – 01 Dec, introduced me to the topic of light painting recently. For those who haven’t heard of this technique, it involves taking long photographic e…
Network capacity crunch and the impact on UX
Growth in the proportion of mobile network capacity used by data services is accelerating. According to Ericsson, a crossover point occurred in December 2009, when the capacity requirements of data services exceeded voice for the first time. The…
Mobile driving other digital experiences, hitting print media
MEX alumnus and 2010 MEX Awards judge David Marutiak sent in a link to a user study by Orange on mobile media habits in the UK, France, Spain and Poland.
The study found mobile media users in the UK are reading fewer newspapers and magazines, w…
Meet the speakers: Bryan Rieger, Partner, Yiibu
Bryan will be contributing to Pathway #1 at the next MEX, where the challenge is to: ‘Define more efficient user experience techniques for an age of network austerity‘.
His session will be a practical guide to the ways in which mobile services …
Movidius highlights complete 3D UX
3D on mobile devices is about more than just display technology. A good 3D user experience requires input technologies and content creation tools to advance in parallel with the screen.
For instance, new ways of navigating visual depth on mobi…
mHealth Summit puts issue on policy agenda
Next month (08 – 10 Nov) Washington DC will play host to the mHealth Summit, an event intended to put the role of mobile devices and wireless technology on the agenda of government healthcare policy makers. The speakers include Bill Gates, Ted Tu…
Test your ability to multi-task
Is the human brain really capable of true multi-tasking, or do we just become more adept at switching our focus in ever shorter attention spans? This question is becoming increasingly important for user experience practitioners as they try to und…
Designing the networked city
The use of mobile devices to interact with physical architecture and the fabric of cities could have a transformative effect on the mobile user experience. On 21st October 2010, dotOpen and Barcelona Design Week, are hosting an event in Barcelona…