Posts Tagged ‘diversity’

Jane Jacobs and London’s Old Street Area

In Articles on 4 December 2009 tagged books, cities, diversity, jane jacobs, London, old street, quotes, shoreditch, silicon roundabout, startups, the death and life of great american cities, urbanism with 1 comment

I’ve been reading The Death and Life of Great American Cities at a leisurely pace since october or so. (A tempo that seems to suit the book fine. Jacobs makes me want to slow down and see.) I came across this passage during a session with the book this weekend and something about a recent [...]

Looking Back on a Second This Happened – Utrecht

In Articles on 20 March 2009 tagged diversity, ethnography, events, field research, interaction design, IxD, Netherlands, NL, This happened, Utrecht with Comments Off

Some more catching up with things that occurred recently; on Monday February 23 we1 had our second This happened. I am quite satisfied with how things went. For one; we had some unplanned cohesion2 amongst talks.3 Three out of four talks discussed the use of field research (to use the term broadly). It was good [...]

Design-Related Endnotes for MoMo AMS #7

In Articles on 2 September 2008 tagged context, diversity, events, global, interaction design, IxD, location, mobile, Mobile Monday Amsterdam, momoams, open source, regional, value with 6 comments

Yesterday I attended my first Mobile Monday in Amsterdam. The theme was “value” and in my mind, I had already equated the term with “user experience”. This was a mistake. Contrary to my expectations, the event was well outside of my comfort zone. Discussions were dominated by business and technology perspectives. I found the experience [...]