Social Objects - Taking the Internet to the “Real World.”

Talk I gave about IoT at Social Media Week Berlin, covering how we’re at ca 1992 when it comes to the Internet of Things, and how we’re held back by the same old metaphors trying to describe the change that is about to occur.

Transcript

1. Social Objects Taking the Internet to the “Real World.” Social Media Week, 09/27/2012
2. `whoami`
3. Martin Spindler Strategy Consultant Internet of Things | Smart Energy http://martinspindler.net hello@martinspindler.net twitter.com/mjays
4. Martin Spindler Strategy Consultant Internet of Things | Smart Energy http://martinspindler.net hello@martinspindler.net twitter.com/mjays
5. My first job at Uni
6. “Sure. Let me tell you all about electricity.”
7. “But how do I find out how much I use?”
10. “User Generated Content!” “Web 2.0!” “Prosumer!”
11. “Prosumer?”
12. Not exactly what the consultants meant…
14. “But how do I find out how much I use?”
15. Web 2.0 = “The Read-Write Web” Smart Grid = “The Read-Write Grid”
16. The Web Story
19. AOL
20. Geocities
22. “Social!” “Mobile!” “Local!”
25. A lot changes in ten years.
26. 1.5 GFLOPS
27. 1.5 GFLOPS
30. (mandatory internet- fridge image)
31. courtesy of fuckyeahinternetfridge.tumblr.com
32. “A Better Document Access System”
33. X10 Powerhouse for C64, 1986 Thanks to @clurr for finding this nugget.
45. X10 Powerhouse for C64, 1986 Thanks to @clurr for finding this nugget.
46. “A Better Document Access System”
47. Social Things?
48. iGeigie prototype by Sean Bonner, CC-BY-NC-SA
50. Air Quality Egg
51. Good Night Lamp
59. We have this amazing tech…
60. Now let’s figure out how to put it to use.
61. Thank you for your attention.
62. Martin Spindler Strategy Consultant Internet of Things | Smart Energy http://martinspindler.net hello@martinspindler.net twitter.com/mjays