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These late days of August have an unmistakable whiff of Autumn. Like many other times of year, Autumn has a distinct social significance: back to school. But like many other social phenomena, “back to school” is not what it appears to be.
On the surface we see it as a time for children to re-focus, get [...]
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In an earlier post, I examined how text is transformed when it is created and shared in digital form. In this post, I argue that time itself is transformed when it is represented in digital format. To illustrate, consider my experiment with my Filofax.
Yes, I said Filofax. I still have one. I haven’t filled it [...]
Categories: design · discourse analysis · product design · qualitative research · technology design · time · user experience
Sometime ago I wrote about designing for time use. I’d like to expand on that post and discuss how contextual cues frequently are erased by poor technology design.
Poorly designed technology is like Vegas: you don’t know what time of day it is because it treats every minute exactly the same. Humans don’t experience time this [...]
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We all seem to be running out of time. Time use is an important but often overlooked aspect of design. What do designers need to know about time and time use?
Types of Time
We don’t all use or experience time in the same way. Scholars call two types of time “monochroncity” and “polychronicity.” Polychronicity is defined [...]
Categories: customer satisfaction · design · technology design · time · time use · user experience