I want to love and embrace fitness trackers. I really do. I'm active AND I love data. Yet despite doing a thorough fitness tracker competitive...
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A large part of my career was spent at Philips and as a Dutchman. I was, and still am, proud of this Global Dutch company. At one point it was the...
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A look at how sharing-economy giants, Uber and Airbnb, differ in their approach to garnering trust through messaging and visual design. We're...
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If you remember the movie Flight Club, or watched the TV series Mr. Robot, a common theme is the destruction of the financial system by...
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If you look around at product design processes, you find out that there are almost as many as there are products. While some differ simply in...
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A few years back I ran a workshop at a summer camp for high school students on the topic of user centered design (UCD), which probably doesn't...
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In my UX consulting life I go through many, sometimes brief, cycles of meeting a potential new client, talk about what their pain points are, what...
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As you may have heard, on September 24th and 25th, Akendi presented the inaugural IoT613 conference in collaboration with CapCHI and Design 1st...
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Shopping online can be daunting and frustrating, from un-useable checkout processes to boring visuals, most online shopping experiences are...
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Have you ever faced this signage dilemma? Amazing, isn't it? I know which way to turn for everyone else's room but my own.*And yet...
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With Google unleashing its redesigned logo this month, we thought we'd gather up some feedback from around the office. Here are some of our...
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New York City sees over 50 million visitors annually, with numbers rising each year. This is a huge number and an important one to consider when...
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I recently participated in an open design challenge from NASA to create an application for a wearable device. The challenge called specifically...
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I've recently relocated outside of the Greater Toronto Area and find myself commuting into Toronto on the GO Train quite frequently.In the early...
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In a couple of weeks Akendi, along with our partners, will be hosting IoT613, in Ottawa. IoT613 will be a gathering of those interested in...
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