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User centered education, and why you’re not an astronaut
As soon as something is relevant to what you're interested in and has a clearly defined purpose - not something intangible like "getting an A" - it's easier to learn and a hell of a lot more interesting.
Also posted in Experience Design, process Tagged culture, education, generation omega, space, user centered design Leave a comment
The article as art form
How would you design differently for a single article versus a whole magazine? How about on an iPad?
Also posted in mobile Tagged content, design, gestural interface, ipad, old media, predictions, tablet 3 Comments
History and science fiction: their powers combined!
In which Thea proposes making history class more interesting by incorporating light sabers and shit.
Also posted in process Tagged culture, education, entertainment, generation omega, the singularity Leave a comment
How robots are making us more human
In a world where the vast majority of information we encounter comes from people who, as far as we know, are just electrons, how do we determine humanness? And what happens when that doesn't work anymore?
The Experience Points Economy
Experience points are quickly becoming as valuable as real money. What happens when they exceed it?
Also posted in advertising, augmented reality, games, social media Tagged culture, experience economy, macro-organism, retail, social gaming, video games 8 Comments
Email must die
We're all getting more connected all the time. More connections equals more communications. Too many communications and we get nothing else done.
Also posted in augmented reality, social media Tagged conversation economy, culture, macro-organism 1 Comment
Rich language: when words become more than letters