codesign.inuse.fi
Based on 15 years of research, the INUSE research group at Aalto University created this “Co-design journey planner” that helps identify the most suitable research methods based on range of project variables:
The problem is not […]
Social media and usability - people-centred design in communications
Social media and usability are words rarely expressed in one sentence. Publishing in social media means adherence to a strict corset: the services limit the length of texts, unify the appearance of messages and profiles, and define the interactions enabled around them. If usability in only seen as a question of easy-to-use and smooth interfaces, the means to make an impact are indeed limited. But considering technical usability along with context of use and individual worth for the user, communication professionals can largely improve the usability of their organisations' social media channels.
Networked Privacy in the Age of Surveillance, Sousveillance, Coveillance
pewinternet.org
Personal privacy in the networked age is limited by three dimensions of “veillance.” They shape people’s behavior and their anxieties about the future of privacy. At Harvard University’s symposium “Privacy in a Networked World,” Lee […]
HealthCare.gov Sends Personal Data to Dozens of Tracking Websites
eff.org
Commercial tracking of web users is a massive problem. Even more so, when people browse seemingly trustworthy websites (as the government’s official sites, in this case) and those leak personal information – here potentially revealing something about […]
privacybydesign.ca
This website has extensive background and material on Ann Cavoukian’s “Privacy by Design” framework from the 1990s:
Privacy by Design is a framework that was developed by the former Information and Privacy Commissioner of […]
The digital freedom risk: too fragile an acknowledgment
opendemocracy.net
The late Ulrich Beck (✝2015-01-01), father of the concept of the “risk society”, on digital freedom:
The violation of our freedom does not hurt. We neither feel it, nor do we suffer a disease, a flood, a lack of opportunities to […]
Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty
meyerweb.com
A spot-on example of scenarios not taken into account in design inadvertently turning something intended to be “joyful” into something “awful”: Eric Meyer really did not want to be reminded of his past year, but still faced Facebook […]