by Shelley Wood | Nov 1, 2016 | Blog, Featured
In this blog, Karen discussed one of the key dimensions of the Women in Tech Framework that defines the critical aspects of daily life necessary to help women thrive and succeed in the high technology industry. The Most Important Dimension The first and the most...
by Shelley Wood | Jun 1, 2016 | Blog
In a SIG at the CHI 2016 Conference, Carol Farnsworth and Karen Holtzblatt shared the initial qualitative and quantitative research and the resulting Action Framework. Participants then broke into groups to review the field data for each factor and generate possible...
by Derek Hoiem | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, calendar entry, Featured
Thirty years after the computer revolution, many are asking, “Why are women leaving tech careers?” and “Why do they not choose science and technology fields as a career choice to begin with?” Here at InContext Design, we are applying our...
by Karen | Jul 24, 2015 | Blog, Featured
Hello my friends Twenty-two years ago Hugh and I started InContext. Over the years we have grown the business from a 2-person consultancy to a larger design firm delivering Contextual Design services to clients in every industry. We wrote our first book on Contextual...
by Karen | Jul 1, 2015 | Blog, Featured
We’ve received a tremendous response to our Cool Concepts and the resulting changes in Contextual Design. You can now read our first book on the topic. Contextual Design: Evolved explains how we overhauled Contextual Design to help teams design for the way...
by Karen | Jul 16, 2014 | Blog
Contextual Design uses in-depth field research and well-defined processes to develop a design that works for people. Contextual Design is equally useful to invent a game-changing design independent of what has gone before and to design the next version of an existing...
