I was invited to talk at the up.front user group about the Internet of Things.
Designing for theInternet of Things.up.front.ug - 12.06.2012
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Martin SpindlerFreelance ConsultantInternet of Things | Smart Energyhttp://mjays.net[email protected]twitter.com/mjays
The premise:
A lot changes in ten years.
There are now more deviceson the internet than people.(2.3bn people, 5bn devices)
Interfaces will increasinglyhave to be designed for vastlydifferent contexts.
Interfaces increasingly aren’tjust avenues to an object orservice, but rather to both.
Interfaces will have to bemindful about the attentionthey demand.
Interfaces will need to find theirplace (and new metaphors.)
”Users could manage theirdeployment.”Microsoft HomeOS team
“We'd like to think of your entirehome as an accessory, or better yetas a network of accessories, andthink of Android as the operatingsystem for your home.”Joe Britt, Google [email protected], May 2011
X10 Powerhouse for C64, 1986Thanks to @clurr for finding this nugget.
The Internet of Things is happening(and this might be preaching to the choir,)but:
Make stuff better by adding digital;don’t just add digital to stuff.
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