Tag Archives: User-Centered

People are not to blame for bad privacy decisions

By Chad | Published: May 15, 2010
We are at a point in history where technology is forcing us to re-evaluate our understanding of privacy. However, too often the conversation looks like this, which was taken from the comments section of an article about Facebook: “If you really don’t want to share….DONT PUT IT ON THE NET!” I am not a technological [...]
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Human-Centered vs. User-Centered

By Chad | Published: May 18, 2009
After attending CHI 2009 I gained some perspective. It seems that the industry that I am about to dive into, full of youthful exuberance and naivety, has grossly understated the value and potential of HCI. The field of HCI seems to still be very focused on user-centered design, and sometimes uses the phrase human-centered design [...]
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