December 12, 2016
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Introduction The IoT is a much-marketed term as the future of all things; the IoT is interconnected landscape of life experiences and transactions What is the IoT, how is it intended to work and how does that relate to how it currently works. What are the real business opportunities and how will they be measured as
December 1, 2016
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Paradigm Interactions has decided to get involved in building products to service the IoT marketplace. Project Charlemagne is a unification project that links existing technologies with a high-level strategy and vision for financial benefits for those who implement it and gain insights from it. Project Charlemagne is using Ethereum smart contracts to establish uniquely identifiable items
March 31, 2016
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Thank you to everyone who attended our (Karl Smith and Thom Heslop) talk at SXSW, it’s the start of a long road into a really complex and contextual problem. But being silent in the crowd as the King walks by with no clothes on is not an option, peoples lives, futures and prosperity is at
January 17, 2016
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I’m speaking at SXSW Interactive 2016 on Cognition Clash in The Internet of Things, if your in Austin, TX let me know? The IoT is the next great opportunity for business enterprises to engage with customers. However there is no unified approach to the mental load between context of use, physical interaction, mental interaction and digital
September 13, 2015
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UCD2015 Conference 23rd & 24th October, Deans Mews, 11-13 Cavendish Square, London W1G 0AN. We are delighted to confirm… [Keynote] The Joys and Sorrows of the Digital World: Finding Pleasure and Purpose in Digital Landscapes Patrick Jordan, Consultant Business Psychologist [Keynote] Intelligence Everywhere: the Rise of Sympathetic Machines Susan Cook, Senior Designer, Native Design Steven Kelly, Electronic Engineer, Native
May 6, 2014
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This new role has come about because of the constant issues around User Experience and Customer Experience, which are often now combine as Experience Consultancy. This has meant that UX strategy does not make much sense anymore, so in my current role I am adopting Xstrategy consultants for our team.
April 29, 2014
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So now you have an understanding of the candidates process, now some basic questions. 1. How did you get involved in usability? 1. Notes: User Experience is the implementation part of usability, UX focuses the project on the target audience expected experiences, it tests the business requirements against this audience to see if there is
April 10, 2014
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2011/03/28 – Published I have just been confirmed as a Fellow of the British Computer Society. Thanks to all my supporters. Additionally I have joined BCS ELITE Group (Effective Leadership in Information Technology) in order to progress the professional agenda of user experience. BCS ELITE Group
April 10, 2014
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2011/03/28 – Published Visual cognition principles are vital to user acceptance Pre-accepted and trusted visual standards are vital to user acceptance and experience as they encourage adoption of technology systems. This is vital so that users don’t need to learn new or counter intuitive interaction behaviours. Context of visual cognition in computing terms Just as the creators
January 7, 2014
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Karl Smith has had an unusual career that means some of what he has worked on cannot be published or referenced, other things can. I will use this site to talk about the skills I have developed, case studies they relate to and some of the extraordinary change I have helped to bring about. All