Monday, July 28, 2008

On Interaction Design

Yaniv Steiner (ex IDII ) http://www.nastypixel.com

On Interaction Design:

" Maybe we should talk about this entity Interaction Designer, or Interaction Design in general......I don't believe its a person, I don't believe its an occupation,
I believe its an entity. It's an entity made out of designers, technologists, cognitive scientist, and artists. And the idea is about the communication between all of those elements, a unification of language and methods in order to achieve one goal which is the product: the product could be an art piece, it could be a service, it could be a software.

from talk at World Usability Day: "How prototypes can promote usability"
http://www.nastypixel.com/prototype/workshops/usability-day-milano

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

On 'the internet of things'

http://future.iftf.org/2005/09/an_internet_of_.html

"...........I've been a big fan of Kevin Ashton's notion of "an Internet of Things;" I think it's one of those happy phrases that is compact but deeply meaningful. There aren't many moments when techno-punditry clarifies instead of muddling our understand, much less achieve a kind of poetic elegance; but for me, the Internet of Things does it."