Hazlo Usable

23/08/2016

Hace 25 años, a la Tierra se le dio el don de acceso ilimitado a vídeos de gatos adorables. Gracias por la creación de WWW(World Wide Web)

16/06/2016

inside - ¡No dejes que la moda te defina!

En mercadeo usamos la palabra “insight” con frecuencia, usualmente refiriéndonos a una solución, una iluminación repentina, una especie de epifanía que nos ayudará a resolver los problemas p…

27/04/2016

Facebook Isn’t the Social Network Anymore

It’s losing the intimacy that once addicted us. So it’s becoming something different—and much bigger.

Even before it was the title of a movie, the phrase “the social network” was synonymous with Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg’s startup snatched the title fro ...

26/04/2016

The World In 1997
The world was a slightly different place back then.

(This is the talk I have given at App Builders Switzerland on April 25th, 2016. The slides are available on SpeakerDeck …

03/02/2016

¡Regístrense en MenTe! Nosotras nos apuntamos un año más a la Red de Ideas en Acción promoviendo el ingreso, la participación y el crecimiento de mujeres en el área de ciencia y tecnología de Costa Rica!

Promovemos un ambiente inclusivo para atraer y retener a más mujeres dentro del campo de ciencia y tecnología del país.

02/02/2016

¿Cómo funciona Google Translate?

01/12/2015

Queridas instituciones públicas:

Who agrees?

10/11/2015

Design Anthropology:

Mediation between objects and people has always gone in both directions. Anthropology breaks the dichotomies: person – object, humans – tools, user – designer, company – consumer. Anthropology reframes these relations, bringing processual understanding of the constant moving forward of creation and human reinvention. Design anthropology has given the industry the tools to create and respond to ever-changing human ecosystems.

Full article: http://portfoliolongo.com/2014/05/21/between/

Here's the image that came to mind just after I started reading this interview by Amy Santee with design anthropologist, Armonia Alvarado. Armonia invited folks in the LinkedIn group, Ethnographers...

25/10/2015

Uber, what's not to like?

Anyone drinking in the town's alcohol-serving establishments can now get a free ride home from Uber.

17/07/2015

A new patent from Apple highlighted by PatentlyApple today, though, describes a technology that would be a very welcome remedy to battery life issues.

The patent covers applying solar cells to a touch display surface like a trackpad or iPhone to store power for the device

Apple notes that “the wireless device has a touch sensor and a solar cell that converts ambient light into electrical power.

Apple tends to patent every one of its inventions that could possibly be used in a future product, so it can be difficult to read the tea leaves on which ones will eventually translate to product f...