In a similar vein to a recent mention of a Verizon trick which attempts to force the user to use an expensive data service to check e-mail, rather than the free built-in WiFi, Uninnovate discusses the (Sprint) LG Fusic which not only disables on-phone features such as MP3 playback when no coverage is available, but also has no way for users to opt out of (or reverse) firmware updates, even when they cause the phone to become inoperable.
How do people use products, systems and environments?
How can designers influence interaction?
How can we design for sustainable behaviour?
Home | About this blog | Archives 2005-





Journal & conference papers
Making the user more efficient: Design for Sustainable Behaviour
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (2008)
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Persuasive 2008, LNCS 5033 (2008)
Magazine articles
Architectures of Control in Product Design
Engineering Designer (2006)
Designs on your... freedom
Gown Magazine (2005)
Presentations & posters
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Presentation given at Persuasive 2008, Oulu, Finland (2008)
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Poster presented at ResCon, Brunel University engineering & design conference (2008)
Design with Intent: Behaviour-Shaping through Design [coming soon]
Presentation given at New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living, Lancaster, UK (2008)
More writing...
Ann Thorpe: Can artefacts be activists? Design with Intent presentation from Persuasive 2008 Is Google DRM crippling culture as great as it seems? - The Register What are Architectures of Control? How do I fix this? Education, forcing functions and understanding The Rebound Effect nicely illustrated What's happened to the website? Ticket off (reprise) Learned down the gambling house
Clare Stimpson(nee Duggan 73yr): My three years at ‘Ditch’ were some of the best of my life. I lived in...
Kandy Garner: I can’t get my EpsonCX7400 to print letters in color. Can anyone help me with this? My printer is...
Kandy Garner: I can’t get my Epson CX7400 to print letters in color. Can anyone help me with this? My printer...
Martin: OK, perhaps I should adjust my previous post. I still think its bad legislation, but it seems Eaton/MEM do...
Martin: I’m living in a newly built flat, and recently the light bulb went in one of the rooms. It had been in...
Ian Milliss: PS You may be aware of it already, but you should look at “extreme programming”, an...
Ian Milliss: These are the issues that software programming faces constantly. You can program all the logical steps...
Persuasive Technology 2008: Amy Goes to Oulu, Plus 2 Paper Features: Summary: Dan’s paper introduced the field of...
: Take it with a few less grains of salt
Bio: Modify the Environment (Buckminster Fuller)
Asuntomessut, taloautomaatio ja käyttöliittymät — Oivallisia juttuja: näytön, josta voisi tarkkailla...
Ponoko Blog: Architectures of Control posted a while back on the subject of Sir Clive Sinclair, the British inventor...
All Architectures of Control | Design with Intent posts
Fulminate posts only
View blog authority




Articles & presentations

Journal & conference papers
Making the user more efficient: Design for Sustainable Behaviour
International Journal of Sustainable Engineering (2008)
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Persuasive 2008, LNCS 5033 (2008)
Magazine articles
Architectures of Control in Product Design
Engineering Designer (2006)
Designs on your... freedom
Gown Magazine (2005)
Presentations & posters
Design with Intent: Persuasive Technology in a Wider Context
Presentation given at Persuasive 2008, Oulu, Finland (2008)
Design for Sustainable Behaviour
Poster presented at ResCon, Brunel University engineering & design conference (2008)
Design with Intent: Behaviour-Shaping through Design [coming soon]
Presentation given at New Sciences of Protection: Designing Safe Living, Lancaster, UK (2008)
More writing...
From the archives
Recent comments
Recent trackbacks
Subscribe
Dan Lockton
About me | Writing
PhD research | dan@danlockton.co.uk






Other stuff
Mostly in need of an update
Rebel Without Applause: Reliant from Inception to Zenith | British Petrol Stations: Design & Branding History | Cambridge-MIT Institute 2005 MPhil Directory | Incluminate Lighting Backup
0 Responses to “Another phone business model designed to frustrate the customer”