Advice for a first day in UX
As the MEX initiative enters its 18th year, I’m hearing a common problem among heads of design agencies and those leading user experience teams in corporations: finding, training and retaining talented graduates. It’s hardly surprising as demand …
Enabling new Apple product categories with new interaction methods
Apple bought PrimeSense, a company which specialises in the spatial sensing technology used in products like Xbox Kinect.
History, of course, can be a fickle guide to the future, but in light of this purchase it is worth noting Apple’s two most…
Human qualities & organisational design
Achieving good user experience is as much about the organisational challenge as it is about the design process.
For this reason, I was intrigued by an invitation to The Foundation’s discussion of ‘Human organisations are what we need but not …
A MEX reading list for digital user experiences
We prepared a concise reading list on digital user experience to get participants in the mood for our next MEX (24th – 25th September, London). We thought we’d share it here too for anyone with an interest in design. Something for the weekend, pe…
Agenda, themes and speakers for the 13th international MEX
On 24th – 25th September, 100 of the most creative people in digital come to London for the 13th international edition of MEX. It’s 2 days when 15 wonderful speakers & facilitators illuminate future user experiences around 6 modes of user beh…
Microsoft won, Nokia nil
The agreement between Microsoft and Nokia is more complex than an outright acquisition, comprising a cash payment to acquire Nokia’s devices and services business, ongoing commitments by Microsoft to license certain Nokia p…
User modes as the raw ingredients of digital experience
By Marek Pawlowski (mp@pmn.co.uk / bio) & Andrew Muir Wood (amw@pmn.co.uk / bio)
The best way to design successful digital products is by understanding how users’ behaviour changes according to their mode.
Modes can be defined as the common …
Google’s $35 Chromecast opens new multi-touchpoint UX possibilities
Remember all those big, disconnected screens sitting in the corner of rooms, the ones we call TVs? It was only a matter of time before someone started putting them on the web. That someone, it seems, is Google, which today started selling a USD…