Writings Insight & Research
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Non-use in the wild: The case of the occupied lockers
An example of the impact of non-use on the design of communication services
01 Dec 2011
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Thoughts on online social networking, its carbon footprint and sustainability
Is using energy for online sociality ecologically sustainable? Are Facebook’s “Like” buttons destroying the planet?
13 Oct 2011
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Masters of Arts 2011: A visit to the “Research” theme section
The main theme of this year’s graduate show of the Aalto University School of Art and Design is “Redesigning Human”
11 May 2011
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Why research on non-users is relevant in B2C business
Dissecting official statistics on the use of SNSs in Finland and putting them into context with my research on non-users
09 Feb 2011
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When sites promise privacy but deliver leaks instead – a designer’s view on Firesheep
Wherever data is leaked, everybody’s privacy is at risk
26 Oct 2010
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Three days of tags, semantics and hyperlinks: Hypertext 2009
A subjective summary of the ACM’s Hypertext 2009 conference from Turin, from a designer’s perspective
22 Apr 2010
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The International School on Digital Transformation 2009 – a global network of scholars & professionals
Report from the first ISDT summer school, 2009 in Porto
11 Apr 2010
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Spreading the Word: Embedding as a means of advocacy
Cooperation project with the WHO, evaluating what online mechanisms could be used for their public web activities
11 May 2009
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Concept design in an Agile environment
How can interaction designers be better integrated in agile software development projects?
15 Mar 2009
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Theorizing Networks, Users, Online Communities and Identities
On the relations between networks, users, online communities and identities according to Lister (2003)
15 Oct 2008
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Reflections on "New Media"
Reflections on Lister’s (2003) description of the problems with the concept of “new media”
15 Oct 2008
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Lecture by Don Slater: New Media, Development and Globalization
Don Slater from the LSE visited the University of Helsinki for a guest lecture on 29 May 2008
11 Jun 2008
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Pixelache University ’08: Travelling without moving
A session on topics related to telepresence, virtual sociability and environmental issues
16 Mar 2008
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The relevance of methodological concepts for prototype testing
The role of scientific empirical methods when validating design ideas through user testing with paper prototypes
28 Mar 2006
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:) – The Semiotics of an Emoticon
What makes the :) an expression of emotions, that can be transferred and will be understood by the recipient?
05 Dec 2001
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Modernity, Social Relations and Imagined Communities
Are modes of online interaction a new social reality or the transfer of “traditional” sociality to a new medium?
15 May 2001
