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6-step process for planning a user test

Abid Warsi — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:56:04 GMT

Preparing for user testing requires a surprisingly large amount of planning. Here are the 6 key steps you should go through to get ready.

Predicting What Mobile Phones Will Do for us Next

Instrata — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 15:41:44 GMT

In the fast moving world of mobile communications, innovation that truly enhances the users’ experience can be elusive. Handset designs based on technology push, network operator specification, and disparate design teams, can fail to respond to people’s lifestyles and miss out on a more engaging experience.

2009 Mobile Trends - (Part Two)

Fjord — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 21:58:34 GMT

Microblogging will evolve from a naval-gazing toy to the Swiss army knife of social media. Its simplicity and openness make it very flexible and adaptable to user needs. It has the potential to combine messaging, sharing, news reading and search. The status field is the new search box.

2009 Mobile Trends - (Part One)

Fjord — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:32:58 GMT

Nowhere in the industry can the future of mobility be seen as clearly as in Apple’s App Store. 2009 will be a year of wonderful digital bazaars full of innovative apps and services from developers around the world. Homebrew computing will be reborn.

Transforming Taiwan Aboriginal Cultural Features into Modern Product Design: A Case Study of a Cross-cultural Product Design Model

Rung-Tai Lin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:47:11 GMT

With their beautiful and primitive visual arts and crafts, Taiwan’s aboriginal cultures offer great potential for enhancing design value and becoming recognized in the global market. Evidence shows very high prospects for Taiwan’s local cultures to become crucial cultural elements in future design applications. The purpose of this paper is to explore the meaning of cultural objects from Taiwan’s aboriginal cultures and to extract their cultural features. The paper attempts to illustrate how, by enhancing the original meaning and images of these cultural features and by taking advantage of new production technologies, they can be transformed into modern products that meet the needs of the contemporary consumer market.