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Watch Dan Ariely’s “What makes us feel good about our work?” talk at TED

Itamar Medeiros — Fri, 24 May 2013 09:23:10 +0000

What motivates us to work? Contrary to conventional wisdom, it isn't just money. But it's not exactly joy either. It seems that most of us thrive by making constant progress and feeling a sense of purpose. Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, presents two eye-opening experiments that reveal our unexpected and nuanced attitudes toward meaning in our work.

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Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Use of smartphones and tablets higher than world average

Itamar Medeiros — Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:53 +0000

Brazilians spend more time using mobile phones, smartphones, tablets and e-readers than the world average, according to IBOPE survey and Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research (WIN), released recently. In Brazil, the average daily time use of mobiles is 59 minutes ahead of the average period of 42 minutes recorded in the world. With smartphones, [...]

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Information Design: Crossing Borders

Itamar Medeiros — Tue, 21 May 2013 08:57:54 +0000

This is the presentation I've recently done at the Creative Drive In event in Heerlem, The Netherlands. In this presentation we discuss: - What is information Design? - Information Design “Bloopers”; - Structure, Context and Presentation of Data and Information; - Crossing Borders: Information Design and other Communication Disciplines;

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Consumer Behavior in Brazil: Crisis boosts advancement of aviation

Itamar Medeiros — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:52:19 +0000

Brazil is experiencing one of its best moments in the aviation industry, and today the country with the second largest fleet of jets, behind only the United States and the third most produced aircraft of this type. Ahead of Embraer (a Brazilian local manufacturer), are only the American Cessna and Canadian Bombardier. The good performance is due in large part to the international crisis started in 2008, which created a favorable environment for the purchase of these aircraft in other countries, and the growth of emerging [...]

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Watch Jason Ulaszek & Brian Winters’ “From Design Research to Experience Roadmap” talk at Interaction’13 | IxDA Conference

Itamar Medeiros — Tue, 07 May 2013 12:33:07 +0000

Design research is critical. Creating foundational, living documentation about the needs, beliefs and behaviors of your customer is of the utmost importance. And, being able to identify needs, opportunities and the future direction for the business, based on both sound process and analytical thought, will be your keys to short and long-term success. In this session you'll learn how to turn design research activities into a mental model, identify potential new business opportunities and derive business and experience direction from your newly found consumer insight. And, you'll look like a freakin' rockstar in your company doing it [...]

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Video: Touchscreen ‘that reacts even without touching’

Itamar Medeiros — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 08:51:58 +0000

Capacitive touch, which allows more than one finger at once to be recognised, is regularly cited as one of the key drivers of smartphone popularity. BBC's Spencer Kelly discovers that 2014 could the year when touchscreens are launched which react in three dimensions that do not even require touch to recognise what action the device should take. Watch the video after the jump [...]

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Reflecting on Standards and Frameworks in Responsive Web Design and Accessibility on UXmatters

Itamar Medeiros — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:21:08 +0000

Every month in Ask UXmatters (one of the leading resources of User Experience Professionals), a panel of UX experts answers their readers’ questions about a variety of user experience matters. This month I took part of this panel, and helped answer questions regarding Responsive Web Design and Accessibility [...]

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Watch Nancy Duarte’s “The secret structure of great talks” at TED

Itamar Medeiros — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 11:57:39 +0000

From the "I have a dream" speech to Steve Jobs’ iPhone launch, all great presentations have a common architecture. At TEDxEast, Nancy Duarte draws lessons on how to make a powerful call-to-action [...]

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For Inspiration: “Mexe, Mexe” by Mundo Livre S/A

Itamar Medeiros — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 06:35:02 +0000

Mundo Livre S/A, is a Brazilian manguebeat band, formed in 1984 in Recife, Pernambuco. It is also one of the founders of that musical style, which became popular in the 1990s. Fred Zero Quatro, the band’s singer, was one of the authors of Caranguejos com Cérebro, one of the landmarks of the Manguebeat movement, together with Renato L. and Chico Science. Watch "Mexe Mexe", by Mundo Livre S/A

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Internet in Brazil: banking transactions on smartphones grow more than four times in 2012

Itamar Medeiros — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 08:18:29 +0000

Banking transactions via smartphone grew 333% in 2012, according to the 2013 edition of Banking Technology Research, released recently by the Brazilian Federation of Banks Febraban. Mobile banking is the fastest growing channel in the year [...]

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