Monthly Archives:
June 2011
MEX Notes: User Subversion Observations From Blackberry Messenger
- Observations From Blackberry Messenger – Users Treat Status Updates And Profile Pictures As A Mixture Of Twitter And Tumblr | Mobile Inc – The author describes an interesting example of a frequent user phenomenon: subversion. In this instance, …
MEX Notes: Use a White Noise Ringtone to Find Your Lost Cellphone Faster
- Use a White Noise Ringtone to Find Your Lost Cellphone Faster – MEX alumnus and award winner Sarah Lipman shared this interesting piece about white noise ringtones on her Twitter feed (@power2b). It relates to Pathway #9, which explores the aud…
MEX Notes: Retailers see tablets hitting classrooms soon
- Analysis: Retailers see tablets hitting classrooms soon | Reuters – Tablet devices will be used deliver existing curriculum materials and offer new educational experiences to students. It is not a question of 'if?', but 'when?' and 'how?'. The…
MEX Notes: FT launches Web-based app to work on all tablets | Reuters
- FT launches Web-based app to work on all tablets | Reuters – The FT has done a good job with its new offering, but Reuters actually does the endeavour a slight dis-service to describe it as an 'app'. In fact, the FT service is the anti-thesis of…
MEX Notes: Patients Want More User-friendly Medical Devices
- Cambridge Consultants: Patients Want More User-friendly Medical Devices – This article picks up on some of the themes explored in MEX Pathway #5 at the December 2010 MEX. Although I would not disagree with its conclusion (better user experience…
MEX Notes: BBC News – Creating Cumbria’s musical hill
- BBC News – Creating Cumbria's musical hill – Pierre Sauvageot's installation of musical instruments on a windy hill in the English Lake District asks whether the environment itself can be a conductor. It got me thinking about some of the themes…
MEX Notes: AT&T ‘Working On’ Shared Data Plans
- AT&T 'Working On' Shared Data Plans – AT&T is waking up to the idea of tariffs built around customers rather than devices. At first glance this may appear to be a simple pricing issue: if a customer buys a 1 Gb monthly data allowance, he wants …
MEX Notes: Only a Few Can Multitask – NYTimes.com
- Only a Few Can Multitask – NYTimes.com – We started exploring the effect of simultaneous multi-platform interactions on user experience back in 2009 and it has remained a consistent theme for MEX ever since. The growth in the number of digital …