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Inviting Use

Hawaii: phone kiosk
The properties that makes spaces, places and technologies welcome interaction and use.



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11 Apr 2006

In: Design Inspiration, Hawaii
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What You See, Are Allowed to See

05 Apr 2006

In: Mauna Kea, Research Methods
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You are doing ad-hoc field data collection – what are you really seeing when you see what you see? And how much of the (data …
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Avoiding Collapse

14 Jan 2006

In: Cleveland, Research Methods
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One conclusion from a 10 road trip user study in US last year was that almost everything we learned, or ended up using in a …
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Announcements are the Interface

05 Nov 2005

In: Future Perfect, San Francisco
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With the cockpit off-limits to passengers the only direct communication that most passengers have with the pilot of a plane is his or her voice …
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Today’s Walk

05 Nov 2005

In: San Francisco, Today's Office
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Touchdown, tunes helping re-calibrate.
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The business traveller’s fear of breakfast

03 Oct 2005

In: Today's Office, White Plains
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Feel strangely OK for a 10 hour time difference. Sometime in the next week the permalag will kick in, presumably just before I present the …
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Where You Might Learn the Most

21 Aug 2005

In: New Orleans, Today's Office
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Running a user study in the US. The next in-depth interviews are scheduled for lunchtime tomorrow. Between now and then the aim is to conduct …
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Writing/Texting

18 Aug 2005

In: Louiseville, Today's Office
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Tonight trying to conduct interviews in a cafe in Louisville, Kentucky. Particular challenges are: bad lighting conditions meaning either long exposures or having to use night …
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Steal Me

16 Aug 2005

In: Cleveland, Design Inspiration
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Night light from hotel bathroom in Cleveland. Of sufficient value to be stolen, cheap enough to give away – a subtle way of getting advertising …
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