Random thoughts triggered by Nicola’s link. What if what was going to be a major roadblock to ubiquitous computing is the idea that as users, we want to be able to point to where a “technology-enabled” object lies? That we cannot live with the idea that we no longer have an on/off relationship like the… Continue reading To see or not to see?
Category: Internet of things
People-less services
Let’s start with an anecdote: I spent Friday on the go on a mad one-day trip to Amsterdam and then Eindhoven and back to London. Not as mad as you’d think, it was a totally self-indulgent decision I took at the last minute and ended up meeting old friends and new ones. Just lovely to… Continue reading People-less services
Desirable techno-jects
(Another set of random ideas about the Internet of things) Matt likes to show off to me his latest games and Portal got my attention. If you don’t know the game, pictured above is the “Weighted Companion Cube” that you have to save and move as the game progresses and “take care of”. It’s really… Continue reading Desirable techno-jects
Life of a designer in 2030
I’ve been privileged in the past few months to help out Tom Klinkowstein on his Day in the life of a designer and her smart things in 2030 project which is launching in a few weeks in Singapore… He’ll be previewing the project at Pratt next week, so if you’re in NY, go check it… Continue reading Life of a designer in 2030
The internet of things doesn't have any users
I’m catching up on a week of madness and found7 steps to a green product and Bruce Sterling’s Anatomy of a spime diagram that Matt Jones commented on. Funnily enough both speak about similar things. The Metropolis article highlights a methodology when designing a product: the right materials, clean and green production, etc. Bruce’s diagram… Continue reading The internet of things doesn't have any users
Do you live in a house or a home?
(or random thoughts about the Internet of Things) Is our idea of home at odds with the idea of ubicomp? Are we ready to be a “user” all the time? You don’t need to “interact” with a chair or should the technology be smart enough to know when to intervene or not? Should we be… Continue reading Do you live in a house or a home?
Big a&% table
Thanks Chris.
On the psychological use of technology
“There is a sense in which this minimal gestural system is essential, for without it all this abstract power would become meaningless. Man has to be reassured about his power by some sense of participation, albeit a merely formal one. So the gestural system of control must be deemed indispensable- not to make the system… Continue reading On the psychological use of technology
Bluebook praise
Garrick Jones brought to my attention that the Bluebook project by Manolis Kelaidis, (a project I had spotted at last year’s RCA show) got the only known standing ovation at O’Reilly’s Tools of Change. Well done! It’s about time these folks started to expand their thinking beyond the screen. There’s the usual “However, it looks… Continue reading Bluebook praise
Kindred spirits: Pecha Kucha in Montreal.
I had the pleasure of meeting very briefly Boris Anthony at Xtech in Paris. He’s an interaction designer working and living in Montreal and these days is organising the local edition of Pecha Kucha. I think he feels, like me that there must be more to design that what we are made to believe or… Continue reading Kindred spirits: Pecha Kucha in Montreal.