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TagExamples of path dependence and where it might lead for smartphones
50 Things That Made The Modern Economy is a BBC World Service podcast. In short snippets of 9 minutes, Tim Harford, the FT journalist, discusses innovations that have played a crucial role in shaping the world today.
Reclaiming user personalisation of digital hardware
There was a time when a radio was something you could build at a home and a television could be repaired by a local technician. Consumer electronics have gradually become consumable in the literal sense of the word; we use them until they bre…
Defining user experience in the cold light of day
I went into the kitchen to grab something from the fridge. It was late evening and I made my way through the darkness. Then I opened the fridge door and released the light.
I wondered, at that moment, when it was that the light got into the…
Serendipity and discovering supercreativity
Supercreativity is the latest PopTech ‘Edition’, comprising videos, a reading list and an ongoing discussion forum. In their words:
Supercreativity provided an intimate setting to explore perspectives on creativity as technology tools help us …
New digital opportunities in the macro view
In tech, it is always tempting to focus on the micro, but we forget the influence of the macro at our peril. For instance, while countless words continue to be written on reassuringly easy subjects like iOS versus Android, less time is dedicated …
4 UX inspirations and our process for discovering them
What do ZTE, fabric, network performance and Apple’s 3rd party software integrations have in common?
These are just a few of the subjects we’ve been exploring as part of an internal MEX project called ‘Friday inspirations’, initiated by Alex Gu…
Designing mobile devices at the intersection of creativity & consumption
The stories behind why novel product categories are introduced are often more important than the first product in the new line-up. In the 20 years I’ve been writing about technology, I’ve…
Design Talk 19. The Friday inspirations project
In this episode we share 6 digital design inspirations, from a sci-fi film script written by artificial intelligence to a fashion collection influenced by sound waves. Prompted by a move to Basecamp for MEX collaboration, podcast co-host Alex Gues…