Networked Handheld Device Interface Delirium (NHDID).- June 23, 2006 Recent conversations led me to think a bit more about what I would see as possible next steps in the evolution of the user experience offered by networked handheld devices.As you might know I've often voiced my frustrations with current mobile devices, from the (missing) alignment of the values expressed by hardware and software, to misconceptions around our understanding of the role context of use should play when designing mobile interactions, from the overarching importance given to...http://www.freegorifero.com/weblog/2006_06_01_weblog_archive.html#115108126592786401 The world around our screens.- June 17, 2006 In the last few weeks my thoughts have been filled with visions of networked handheld devices, ubiquitous communicationconnectivity and of the things that will make up the Internet of Things.It all started with the second Blogject workshop, organized by Nicolas Nova and Julian Bleecker in Lausanne.Precious thought-provoking hours were spent with Nicolas, Timo Arnall and Marc Hottinger, looking at what role mobile devices will potentially play in the near future, a future populated by physical...http://www.freegorifero.com/weblog/2006_06_01_weblog_archive.html#115038985959190871 The trouble with scanning the horizon today.- June 8, 2006 John Thackara's "Putting The Future Into Perspective" (PDF, 5.4 MB) looks with a critical eye at techno-enthused "horizon scanning" (the discipline formerly known as "futurism"):"Horizon scanning looks far into the future, but it does so through a telescope that looks only for developments in science and technology at the expense of other, equally rich dimensions of life.All this matters for design because there is a growing demand for design-led futures, and those futures are being described...http://www.freegorifero.com/weblog/2006_06_01_weblog_archive.html#114974531006000651 Search engines for things.- June 5, 2006 Wired magazine recently quoted Wang Jianzhou, chairman and chief executive of China Mobile:"I met with Google's CEO for the second time, and we both share the same idea: how to turn cell phones into a new kind of Internet search engine."Hmmm.In the dawning age of the Internet of Things networked handheld devices will not be used to just search for information on the Internet.They will be used to search for information stored in things.http://www.freegorifero.com/weblog/2006_06_01_weblog_archive.html#114952793295359630 |