Designing for the Internet of Things

I was invited to talk at the up.front user group about the Internet of Things.

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1. Designing for the
   Internet of Things.
   up.front.ug - 12.06.2012
   

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2. `whoami`
   

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3. Martin Spindler
   Freelance Consultant
   Internet of Things | Smart Energy
   http://mjays.net
   martin@mjays.net
   twitter.com/mjays
   

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4. The premise:
   

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5. A lot changes in ten years.
   

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6. There are now more devices
   on the internet than people.
   (2.3bn people, 5bn devices)
   

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10. Interfaces will increasingly
    have to be designed for vastly
    different contexts.
    

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14. Interfaces increasingly aren’t
    just avenues to an object or
    service, but rather to both.
    

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17. Interfaces will have to be
    mindful about the attention
    they demand.
    

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21. Interfaces will need to find their
    place (and new metaphors.)
    

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22. ”Users could manage their
    deployment.”
    Microsoft HomeOS team
    

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23. “We'd like to think of your entire
    home as an accessory, or better yet
    as a network of accessories, and
    think of Android as the operating
    system for your home.”
    Joe Britt, Google Android@Home, May 2011
    

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24. X10 Powerhouse for C64, 1986
    Thanks to @clurr for finding this nugget.
    

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25. The Internet of Things is happening
    (and this might be preaching to the choir,)
    but:
    

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26. Make stuff better by adding digital;
    don’t just add digital to stuff.
    

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27. Thanks.
    mjays.net
    martin@mjays.net
    twitter.com/mjays
    

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