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Many thanks to Marek Pawlowski, organizer of the MEX, Mobile User Experience conference, for the opportunity to publish my response to the annual MEX Manifesto on the MEX blog.
“In this article responding to point #5 of the MEX Manifesto (’The developing world is the new frontier for mobile user experience‘), Stephanie Rieger of user experience [...]

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Via Experentia:
According to a recent Nokia survey of consumers in emerging markets [conducted in India, China, Brazil, Pakistan, Vietnam, Russia and Egypt], a new trend appears to be emerging: phone sharing. More than 50% of respondents in India, Pakistan and nearly 30% in Vietnam indicate that they share, or would share, [...]

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(Preface…not much blogging lately as i’ve been struggling with my spam issue for several months. At least i’m not alone with this particular problem but having to wade through instructions to harden Wordpress and worry about the nasty emails i’ve received from Google are making me reconsider the amount of energy required to host [...]

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I was chatting with Anina about phone fashion last week and went on a bit of a recon of what’s available in Bangkok right now. This is what I found.
Phone Jewelry (Phone Bling
Plastic diamonds and gemstones for your phone are available for about $3-4 a package. Most consist of sticky diamond hearts [...]

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I’m by no means an expert on Thailand’s mobile industry but I do spend quite a bit of time here. Since 2000, we’ve spend about 14 months in Thailand—mostly living in Bangkok but also in smaller provincial areas like Krabi and Phuket. Much of that time has been spent observing ICT and mobile use as [...]

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A great interview with Jan Chipchase from the folks at the Convivio Network (”a Thematic network of researchers and practitioners from many backgrounds (computer science, human sciences, design, business) developing a broad discipline of human-centered design of digital systems for everday life.”)
A few notable passages…
The extent to which the research team spends time in context [...]

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We saw a baby elephant last night at dinner.
I’ve always stayed away from elephant related exhibits in Thailand. Year ago, we rented a small house in the Phuket countryside. The island was hilly and there was no public transit so we bought a motorbike. Every afternoon we would ride out into the hills and often [...]

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I’ll be the first to admit i’m probably not your typical consumer. I don’t own a home or car, have no kids, watch little mainstream TV, don’t eat fast food, live in a tiny flat with little interest in a larger one, don’t shop much for items to decorate my surroundings, don’t have a large [...]

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