In recent years, there has been a lot of chatter online about ‘artificial intelligence’ and ‘digital inclusion.’ AI stands for artificial Intelligence and refers to technology that could carry out duties that would normally require human intelligence, together with natural language, spotting patterns, and making decisions. This technology uses algorithms and statistical fashions to simulate…
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Whats next in UX? – A Brain Computer Interface
A Brain Computer Interface is a direct communication pathway between an enhanced or wired brain and an external device. Initial research on BCI began at DARPA an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military for defense and nation state protection purposes. The…
Alpharabius – The precursor to Modernity
Alpharabius – A master of solving intellectual jigsaw puzzles, navigated and shaped the humanistic thoughts of a period now referred to as the as the Golden Age of the East. Al-Farabi made a fundamental contribution to Arabic literature and produced Arabic commentary and interpretation of Aristotle, Plato, and other ancient classics at a time when European…
An Engagement with the Humanities
One of the great weaknesses in the contemporary work-world is a shortage of critical thinking skills and an appreciation of how the insights of the great philosophers can enhance the daily lives of regular people. Philosophers are often derided for having their heads in the clouds, i practiced some of the things i learnt from…
Creativity – The Drivers, Inhibitors & The Downside
“Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately, it kills all it’s students – Hector Berlios 1856 We should use our time wisely, it is a limited asset, and as we grow older it sort of becomes a privilege. Throughout history one can find great examples of disruption. Ideas that changed the world forever. Ideas that…
User Experience Design in 2017 & Beyond
As a User Experience Designer, a great deal of my efforts are spent on the intricacies and nuances of this niche area. ‘User Experience Design’ is arguably an output of imagination, and critical to growth in the Digital Era we live in. By evaluating the pulse of the design industry, it easy to see how the…
It’s Time to ‘Be a GameChanger’
Free your mind. It’s time to ‘Be a GameChanger’, it’s time to change the rules. Go beyond the norms. Not much will be gained in terms of innovation, if you live the life of a conformist. Every technology company in the world is striving for and fighting for innovation. In my opinion as a creative…
User Interface Design/Experience and Usability in the Middle East
(The context of this article is Usability and User Interface Design/Experience in digital products and services in the Middle East Region, specifically in Saudi Arabia. The content should not be taken as a science, but rather an opinion, from real working knowledge of design industry and know-how) Lately I have been working on a lot…
Da Vinci’s ‘Last Supper’ – A Renaissance MasterPiece
The Renaissance is still thought of as the rebirth of art. It is a scholarly accepted view that the Renaissance was one of the great creative periods of progressive development. One of the masterpieces of the Renaissance was The Last Supper, a late 15th-century painting by Leonardo da Vinci and currently located in Santa Maria delle Grazie, Milan, Italy….
2015: Its a beautiful time to be alive
I grew up watching Ninja Turtles and the Terminator and believing that by the time i was an adult, some of us would be half-robots, some of us would be living on the moon, flying weird spaceships. Things that were just part of a child’s imagination. I was over-optimistic as a child, that the world…
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