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With so much happening in the MEX community, I thought it was time to introduce an occasional edition of the MEX Newsletter to keep you up-to-date on a curated list of news, project openings and events. Enjoy and don’t hesitate to drop me a line …
Context next
The first step towards building contextually responsive digital experiences is to establish a baseline of quality achievable even when there is no contextual information to respond to. As paradoxical as this may sound, the very nature of mobile d…
The sound of photos
Following up on the recent essay on ‘Sensation‘, MEX alumnus Ben King shared this article on ‘Picle‘, an iOS application which records a short sound clip to augment and enhance photo memories. Picles are replayed by combining the onscreen image w…
Sensation
Humans rely on many sensations to confirm their interactions with the physical world. Hitting a nail with a hammer produces visual, audible and tactile response. Food is experienced through sight, smell, taste, sound and touch. The dominant sen…
Programme for the next MEX
The next MEX is on 19th & 20th September 2012 in London.
MEX shapes the future of mobile user experience by bringing together 100 speakers, facilitators and participants to work collaboratively on 6 MEX Pathways:
Tapping other senses for the visually impaired
The BBC has an article on Georgie, a suite of applications to improve smartphone usage for those with visual impairment.
Georgie from Granite 5 on Vimeo.
Developed by husband and wife Roger and Margaret Wilson-Hinds, Georgie is named after …
Customer pressure reverses Apple approach to environmental ratings
Apple has reversed its decision to abandon EPEAT ratings for its products after customer feedback highlighted how unpopular the decision was. It is an interesting example of the nascent sentiments which inspired MEX Pathway #7 on expressing sustai…
Designing across touchpoints
Ben Clarke, one of the Brunel designers participating at the next MEX, sent in a link to this Avi Itzkovitch’s UX Magazine article entitled ‘Designing for Context: The Multiscreen Ecosystem’.
“…smartphones, tablets, laptops, and smart TVs…