How can we improve Mobile User Experience?
Source: Mobile Entertainment, 16 May 2008
A roundtable of forward thinkers convened in London last month to debate mobile user experience in advance of the forthcoming MEX conference.
HCI for Community and International Development
Source: UN, 15 May 2008
Emerging economies, developing countries and the challenges of designing across cultures came under scrutiny at a CHI 2008 workshop on Community and International Development.
The Future of social networking: Mobile Phones
Source: Times Online, 14 May 2008
The future of social networking is the coming together of internet-connected mobile phones and location or proximity technology.
Usability for Fun and Profit
Source: The Herald, 13 May 2008
An interview with Chris Rourke, owner and director of Edinburgh-based consultancy, UserVision.
Caroline's Corner: Usability of Content is Plain Language
Source: Caroline Jarrett, 12 May 2008
An exciting thing happened in the USA on 14th April 2008. It didn't quite manage to make it onto the national news - that day, we were mostly hearing about the Pope's visit to the USA. Any ideas? Any clue from my title? Give up?
HP Labs opens doors to Academia
Source: VNUNet, 10 May 2008
HP has unveiled an initiative allowing academic institutions to collaborate with HP Labs in joint research through an open and competitive process.
Email: is it time to get some Training?
Source: UN, 9 May 2008
How hard can it be? Apparently lack of email training is costing employers dearly.
Book Review: Mental Models by Indi Young
Source: UN, 8 May 2008
A practical, readable and relevant account of key processes in the vital task of researching, building and applying mental models to product design.
CHI '08: What makes a really Great Designer?
Source: System Concepts, 7 May 2008
What qualities do elite designers share, and what do they know that other members of the HCI community could benefit from?
Raising the standard of websites worldwide: BSI and Magus launch a new specification
Source: UN, 5 May 2008
BSI and Magus have released Publicly Available Specification (PAS) 124 to help
organisations manage website standards efficiently and harness their full
potential.