The more convenient mobile devices get, the more often they are being misplaced. According to the Wall Street Journal, hundreds of iPads are being left on planes, with half or more of them unclaimed by their owners. And that’s a … Continue reading
E-books continue to evolve beyond what a physical book is into an entirely new form of content. Can we really call the “enhanced ebooks” in this Wall Street Journal story books anymore?
It’s human nature to name things comparatively. Cars were horseless carriages at first; a radio was a wireless. Important innovations like these grew out of changes to everyday experiences. It was the improvement over the original that defined them in people’s minds. Continue reading
As we’ve all gotten steadily closer to our screens over the past century, some things have changed, and some have stayed the same. Continue reading
The digital mobile revolution currently underway feels, well, revolutionary. And it is in many important ways. But the base need and desire for mobile content is not new.
In Hamlet’s BlackBerry, William Powers points out that mobile devices called tables were so common in 16th century England that Shakespeare wrote one into Hamlet. Continue reading
Things have changed when it comes to mobile phones in China. The last time I was here, the phones I saw in use were definitely Chinese. The brands were familiar (Nokia, Motorola), but not the models.
It’s different now. I see advertisements for Android phones that, other than the Chinese characters, look just like the ads I see in the U.S. – right down to the screen desktop. I swapped iPhone 4 stories with a an airport worker, since she had one too. Continue reading
Sports fans, like all of us, are consuming their content when and where they want. Professional sports organizations are scrambling to adapt. Live sports has not been affected as much as other television broadcasts by time-shifting. People like to watch … Continue reading
When I grew up, I had to finish my homework before I watched TV.
For my kids, a rule like that would be meaningless. So my wife and I talk about screen time; they get to choose whether they spend it in front of the TV, PC or Nintendo DS.
Makes sense, right? Yet publishers continue to think of their audience as single-device consumers. Continue reading
Do you Google on your computer or your phone?
The answer is typically not one or the other, but both. Applications are no longer tied to a single device. User experience has become a collection of experiences that span devices, interfaces, and screen sizes. Continue reading
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