Pocket Scale by Matthew Sheret

I punch in a keycode and enter the office. Three steps through the door I swipe my travelcard against an old wooden box, which starts spitting out a radio station based on forty million people’s answer to the question ‘What songs would a Joy Division fan like?’ The sexyfuture arrived yesterday, and it colonised my pockets.

Even on the days you leave your phone at home, you carry enough hacked objects to unlock space and time, provided you find the right door. What should we be thinking about as we bring our products to life? What are we strapping to our keyrings? And what does all of this mean for a scale we’ve been familiar with for centuries?

Matthew will empty his pockets live at dConstruct to find out, revealing the five things he’s carrying around with him in Brighton and why.

Transcript

1. Pocket Scale by Matthew Sheret
2. Photo © BBC
3. Photo © BBC
4. Photo © BBC
6. Photo by Perkheimer
7. Photo by Jason Merritt
10. “People see ‘through’ each device to the service it represents.” - Mike Kuniavsky
13. “Reminders not just of the real world – but of the system that world runs on.” - Tom Armitage
14. Photo © Tom Armitage
19. Chromaroma image courtesy Mudlark
20. Photo © Timo Arnall
21. Super-versatile interface
23. Operates within the parameters of the pocket
25. The prettiest sensor in all the land
27. Photo by Raveesh Vyas
29. Photo © Daniel Sepke
30. “Not mass personalistion... but real personalisation” - Matt Cottam
32. Photo © BBC Photo © BBC
33. Photo © BBC
34. Photo © BBC
35. Photo © Matt Ogle
36. Photo © James Wheare
39. Photo © Technology Will Save Us
40. The hipsters are coming!
41. Photo © BBC
43. Image © Ajay Naran
44. It’s bigger on the inside
45. It’s a metaphor
51. Intimate, meaningful objects that humanise networks, making time travel a bit more fun
52. Thanks to @jonty, @anneholiday, @han, @stml, @russelldavies, and all @clearleft www.matthewsheret.com Pocket Scale