One format at SxSW is called "Future15". These are five solo presentations of 15 minutes each. I attended one of these sessions. Demystifying Design: Fewer Secrets, Greater Impact Jeff Gothelf is a lean UX advocate with a book that will hit the stores soon. He describes what the design process looks like for people outside … Continue reading Future15 at SxSW
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Right to Be Forgotten: Forgiveness or Censorship
Meg Ambrose and Jill van Matre, two lawyers and privacy policy thinkers, hosted a conversation in which from the outset there was the ambition to answer some of the following questions: Is forgiving and forgetting worth protecting in the digital age? How does the Right to be Forgotten work in EU member countries? Does the … Continue reading Right to Be Forgotten: Forgiveness or Censorship
Welcome to the Age of Hyperspecialization
Christina Hamlin, a technology and design consultant and Robert Hughes, President and COO of Topcoder led a conversation that was introduced as follows: The work of the future will be atomized, with many workers doing pieces of what is today a single job. The hyperspecialization of workers may be inevitable given the quality, speed and … Continue reading Welcome to the Age of Hyperspecialization
The Mind and Consciousness As an Interface
Julian Bleecker and Nicolas Nova, both from the Near Future Laboratory, presented on the future of user interfaces. Julian sees that the semantics of the discussion around interfaces leads to a more direct coupling between thought and action: basically brain control. He kicked off the presentation with a set of clips from science fiction films … Continue reading The Mind and Consciousness As an Interface
Welcome to the Chaos: The Distributed Workspace
I am a heavy WordPress.com user (this blog, learningscenarios.org, Gamechanger 3.0 and have been impressed with way that Automattic has organized itself. Two of their staff talked about how they can hire the most talented people and let them work from where they are already located. Lori McLeese is the HR lead of Automattic (she … Continue reading Welcome to the Chaos: The Distributed Workspace