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an introduction to

Jelle Wijers

Data-enabled, user-centric designer and researcher

I use a user-focused design and research perspective to explore how our relationship with data and information is changing, and the role new technologies can play in making human-data interaction more natural and accessible.

As we increasingly come into contact with data during our daily life, I ask how we provide tools or design technology in a way that makes working with data easier. Can we disconnect data from the intimidating world of maths statistics, and change the way we percieve it and interact with it?

Enabling Self-tracking and Personal Data.

Exploring visualization tools and methods of reflection

Many people track their own data as part of living more healthily, and increasingly health professionals encourage people to participate in self-tracking. The more things we track, the more we come to understand ourselves, but the more statistical ability you need to make sense of the large amounts of data.

I believe self-tracking and visualization tools can be more than a dashboard or a spreadsheet, and that physical toolkits can play a role in both personal data tracking and personal data visualization. I've explored toolkits or methods that integrate reflection, visualization and tracking into a single, physical environment.

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New methods for conveying information

Embracing alternative paths for communication

Information can be conveyed in many different methods varying form text to numbers to images. We tend to believe there is an obvious way of relaying information; qualitative or subjective experiences are suited to words, and the quantitative data or information through numbers.

But at times experiences can't be put into words, and numbers can't always convey the full experience. I believe in exploring alternative ways of communicating. Just as we can use imagery or metaphor to tell a story, we can also use it to convey information or data. Our experience will surely change as a result. What happens when our thermostat no longer uses degrees, but uses words or pictures? What new experiences emerge when we record stories not in a written diary, but in an image?

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Designing with Peripheral Displays

Considering the intrusivity of data and information

A lot of data and information requires our committed attention. From operating a touch screen to read our logs and histories to the usage of statistical software to create visualizations. Accessing information in a low-treshold and non-intrusive way can be hard if the tools are not designed correctly for them.

I explore how we can stay informed about our data, interact with others remotely, and process information without having to commit our full attention to it.

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Other interests

Understandable AI

Designing AI that makes its internal 'logic' and user experience more comprehensible.

IoT and Connectivity

Creating technology not in a vacuum, but in a network of other data-related technologies.

Human-technology Interaction

Asking valuable questions about the behavioural and psychological side of our life with technology.

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an introduction to

Jelle Wijers

Data-enabled, user-centric designer and researcher

Enabling Self-tracking and Personal Data.

Exploring visualization tools and methods of reflection

New methods for conveying information

Embracing alternative paths for communication

Designing with Peripheral Displays

Considering the intrusivity of data and information

Other interests

Understandable AI

IoT and Connectivity

Human-technology Interaction

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