Tag Archives: Method

July 20, 2012

How to ‘Respect Serendipity’ and ‘Get Lucky’

I've recently started a guest blog series) on Finnish-born IIkka Kakko's serendipity blog (www.respectserendipity.com). In it, I talk about my research so far as part of the SerenA project. I like the blog, not only because IIkka really does seem ...

May 28, 2012

A ‘Serendipity Story’ in the Course of Serendipity Research

I'm Dr. Stephann Makri from UCL Interaction Centre and have spent many months interviewing people as part of the SerenA project and asking them to give me their memorable examples of serendipity (which I call 'serendipity stories'). Several of ...

May 21, 2012

Serendipity as a Method for Creative Practice

Serendipity in practice has been well-documented in the history of discovery and innovations in science, now, in contemporary digital life there appears to be a resurgence of interest in the fleeting phenomenon. It is that it is more prevalent in ...