A blog that uses photography as a starting point to reflect on everyday technology use by a design researcher who works for Nokia since many years, mainly in the Far …
Literature
Re-Magazine (Jop van Bennekom)
Four magazines about one (fictional) person each based on several people. Balance between text (fake interviews, essays) and photos (documentary style fashion-inspired shoots).
Thoughtless acts (IDEO)
A visual documentation of actions we do not think about but are nevertheless deeply ingrained in our behaviours, for instance grabbing something for balance, warm your hands on a cup …
Smart Mobs (Howard Rheingold)
Description of ‘smart mobs’, using mobile communication, as an emergence of a new techo-cultural shift.
Smart mobs represent a fundamentally new form of social connectivity, where the virtual and the physical …
Mobile Times (People & Practices Research Lab, Intel)
Investigating which aspects of time use matter most to technology use. The issue of managing one’s own personal time zones—the set of social obligations, relationships, and activities that create the …
Understanding convergence (Stefana Broadbent)
People are are extremely sophisticated in their communication choices, and usually choose the best channel for each situation.
New forms arising are not substitutional. There is a constant evolution. Each new …