Was the Internet just an accident?
Over the last year, my writing and speaking has focused on a fairly straight forward thesis: Cheap computation/networking will make nearly any device ‘smart’ There will be lots of these…
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Of Bears, Bats, and Bees: Making Sense of the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things (or IoT) is finally going mainstream. Not only do I read about it frequently online, but I’m now talking about it with clients at frog. Unfortunately,…
Triumph of the Mundane
Smart devices require a significant shift in thinking This blog explores how to design smart devices. But these new devices are just so new and require such new insights, that…
App Myopia
Moving beyond the desktop towards just-in-time interaction So often what passes for vision is usually nothing more than tiny extensions of what is already known and safe. Of course, it’s…
The UX of Data
In my previous article, The Coming Zombie Apocalypse, I discussed how small, cheap, web-connected devices are overturning our old-school assumptions about devices and applications. It was a general introduction to the…