Author Archives: Thomas Purves

iPhone would cost $300/mo in Canada while U.K.’s 3 launches 10£ mobile broadband

Posted on August 23, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Thanks to Michael O’Connor Clarke for the tip: The biggest game-changing element of the iPhone, however, is that Apple is reportedly forcing operators to offer generous voice and data plans along the lines of AT&T’s, so that the customer’s experience … Continue reading →

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Guilds as a model for new (un)organizational behaviour

Posted on August 16, 2007 by Thomas Purves

Michele Perras has a great article up on her blog about the emergent signal of tech-and-media-enabled communities and how they do and don’t echo a very old form of organization of professionals guilds. looking at the innumerable communities that have … Continue reading →

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The Robotification of Usability Design

Posted on August 13, 2007 by Thomas Purves

1998-2000 Human to web interaction, Web Usability, Human factors. The great bubble of Web-enabling networked databases and applications – like Online Banking, Amazon.com, lets sell pet food online etc. (eBay never heard of usability) 2001-2005 Website to robot interaction design, … Continue reading →

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