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The Future of the Web: and how to prepare for it today.
Talk given at Smashing Conference, Freiburg 2014
petewsmart
September 16, 2014
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The Future of the Web? and how to prepare for
it now @petewsmart Smashing Conference ,Freiburg
compaq with mouse @petewsmart @petewsmart
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Credit: PSD Graphics
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Science Tech Design @petewsmart
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“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” Arthur C.
Clarke @petewsmart
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Credit: Opera, Blog CDN
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What is magical for us today? @petewsmart
“We're still in the first minutes of the first day
of the Internet revolution.” – Scott Cook, Founder of Intuit @petewsmart
The next 8500 days on the Web? @petewsmart
@petewsmart
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50 Problems in 50 Days A 2517 mile design adventure
to try and solve 50 Problems in 50 Days 25+ Awards @petewsmart
ViziCities First ever OpenSource SimCIty for real life @petewsmart
300,000 unique visits in 4 weeks. Global exposure. Rethinking the
airline boarding pass Innovation within existing constraints after 80hrs+ on 14 flights in 2 months, @petewsmart
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Credit: Fernando Barbella
Credit: Fernando Barbella
The next 8500 days on the Web? @petewsmart
The Future of the Web @petewsmart
The Future of the Web is Tangible @petewsmart
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Credit: Live Knowledge World @petewsmart
Credit: M.C. Escher
Credit: Aaron Groffman @petewsmart
This is Haptics @petewsmart
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How does this change the web? @petewsmart
Shopping @petewsmart
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Shopping @petewsmart
Lakoff and Johnson (1980) Varela,Thompson and Rosch (1991) Clark (1997)
Key texts: Embodied Cognition @petewsmart
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“Cogito ergo sum” (I think therefore, I am) - Rene
Descartes @petewsmart
“Ago ergo cojito” @petewsmart
“Ago ergo cojito” (I act therefore, I think) - University
of Wisconsin, Laboratory of Embodied Cognition @petewsmart
Education @petewsmart
Credit: John Flinchbaugh @petewsmart
Usability @petewsmart
Key reading Emotive touch • Kleinke (1977). • Crusco &
Wetzel (1984). • Vaidis and Halimi-Falkowicz (2008) • University of Berkley, California (2013) @petewsmart
Credit: Aaron Gilson DePauw University, Indiana Research: @petewsmart
The Future of the Web is Tangible @petewsmart
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The Future of the Web is Adaptive @petewsmart
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Internet of Everything @petewsmart
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“so so so so so so so so awesum" The
Internet Fridge!!!!!
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“Connecting products to the Web will be the 21st century
electrification” Matt Webb, CEO of BERG Cloud @petewsmart
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An Adaptive Web @petewsmart
Security @petewsmart
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The Future of the Web is Adaptive @petewsmart
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The Future of the Web is Invisible @petewsmart
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“Technology must be like oxygen: ubiquitous, necessary, and invisible.” Chris
Lehmann @petewsmart
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How should these interfaces be designed? @petewsmart
How should these interfaces be designed? @petewsmart
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"Technology is, in the broadest sense, mind or intelligence or
purpose blending with nature." Paul Davies, SETI @petewsmart
The Future of the Web is Invisible @petewsmart
@petewsmart The next 8500 days on the Web
Thanks for listening @petewsmart The Futue of the Web? and
how to prepare for it now
Designing the future? The Futue of the Web? and how
to prepare for it now @petewsmart
The distinction between digital and natural will become meaningless. @petewsmart
Goodbye Web industry @petewsmart
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