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Very good article: if media houses want to continue to sell their content they have to embrace a paradigm shift in how it will be consumed.
Die Presseverlage erhoffen sich von Tablets wie dem iPad ihre Rettung. Doch Gedrucktes einfach digital zu verkaufen, wird nicht reichen: Jetzt braucht es Kreativität. Denn auf den neuen Geräten gibt es plötzlich starke Konkurrenz von Fernsehsendern, Web-Medien und ganz neuen Wettbewerbern.
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Be honest: are you addicted to the feed?
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Thomas Petersen, co-founder and partner of Danish digital creative agency Hello, reflects on the experience and design implications of the exponential growth of information.
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Will we see more of these public R&D efforts the future to spark innovation?
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Bonnier R&D, the research unit of Bonnier, the publisher of Popular Science, invited the designers from BERG London on a corporate collaborative research project into the experience of reading magazines on handheld digital devices.
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It is disturbing that in Facebook now EVERYONE can view profile information such as who my friends are and what groups I belong to. Facebook now decided to consider this public information and doesn’t allow users to protect this info or only let friends view this.I’m surprised that this is in line with German data protection laws…
Suchmaschinen dürfen jedes Profil scannen, Anwendungen von Drittanbietern persönliche Details abgreifen – die Standard-Einstellungen bei Facebook präsentieren die Mitglieder-Informationen sehr freizügig. SPIEGEL ONLINE erklärt, wie Mitglieder die Kontrolle über ihre Daten behalten.
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Da scheinen wohl eher bei den Offline-Kapitalisten von Springer die Sicherungen rausgeflogen zu sein…
Viel Glück mit dem Web-Lokalpresse-Business-Model wünsche ich da nur!
“Sicherungen herausgeflogen”, “Wahnsinn”, “Web-Kommunisten”: Springer-Chef Döpfner und der stellvertretende Chef des “Hamburger Abendblatts” beschimpfen die eigene Branche. Der Geiz des Lesers bedrohe den Journalismus. Dabei ist das WWW gar nicht kostenlos.
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It all depends what you call a breakthrough…
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Donald Norman ’s recent essay Technology First, Needs Last, in which he argues that “design research is great when it comes to improving existing product categories but essentially useless when it comes to new, innovative breakthroughs,” has started a big discussion.
Steve Portigal started the debate with a piece which intends to “to reframe rather than refute” Norman’s argument. Nicolas Nova thinks that Norman’s piece reflects “a narrow understanding of what field research about people can convey”. Nova also takes issue with the “distinction between improvement and breakthrough (or what [Norman] calls “revolutionary innovation”).” Perhaps, Nova says,” it’s a framing issue but the notion of a “breakthrough” seems a bit weird when one think about the whole history of technologies. This terms seems more appealing to the marketing/business people than observer of how objects evolved over time.’ Todd Zaki Warfel writes he “couldn’t disagree more with the content of the [Norman] essay. He singles out both “how Don defines design research” and Norman’s claim that innovations “are invariably driven by the development of new technologies.” Nikos Karaoulanis argues that that Norman’s essay “really lends to the argument that design research and especially design thinking is absolutely crucial, if not critical to designing in our time.” Adam Richardson says: “I actually agree[s] with much of what he says, though I see the definition of design research he’s using as overly narrow.” Check also the comments on each of these pieces. |
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How long until I will be diagnosed with this... (I have my iPhone only for 5 days...)
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Strand Consult suggests that iPhone users are suffering from a form of Stockholm Syndrome–the condition in which the kidnapped begin to show loyalty to their kidnappers.
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Shared by LarsWer nur die Zufriedenheit seiner Klientel misst, tut nicht genug. Eine weit härtere Währung ist Vertrauen, doch das muss erst erarbeitet werden. Eine Studie zeigt, welche Ketten das meiste Vertrauen genießen - und wen selbst die eigenen Kunden nicht für integer halten.
Super interesting: customer trust is more impacting than customer satisfaction - but companies only measure satisfaction.
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While I agree very much with the premise that mobile UX should be principle-based, these principles are pretty poor and not very actionable. While, for instance, it may be true that users are less committed to smaller screens, it only touches on something secondary. A concluding principle would sound more like: "enable immediate, quick and interruptable mobile interactions" or "small screen interaction need to live up to the ease of use and immediacy of a post-it". I am sure we could find a number of other, more actionable principles.
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In a long article on Boxes and Arrows, Dakota Reese Brown suggests an alternative view of the mobile space based on principles rather than isolated tactics.
Here are the principles he proposes:
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