Why do we care?!

Desktop.

Last.fm

Ambient media and
attention tracking.

Data == Revenue.

How do we build for the
desktop?

Adobe Air

Rapid development using
familiar technologies.

Tweetdeck

PHP GTK

Roadsend

Mobile.

iPhone

Android

Mobile devices used in a
locative context.

Fire Eagle

Bright Kite

Whatever came before...

SMS and MMS still have
their place.

Twitter

The Big Picture

Pingdom

Users can create &
consume media anywhere.

BBC iPlayer for iPhone

Eee PC

The living room.

Nintendo Wii

BBC iPlayer for the Wii

Apple TV

Machines.

Feeds.

TED.com

API’s.

Twitter vs. Pownce

Google, Yahoo, etc.

SocNets.

Widgets.

The web in the real
world.

Ubiquitous Computing..

The Cloud.

Pervasive Media.

They all mean much the
same thing.

“Bluetooth Spacial
Awareness”.

Input mechanisms.

Touch screen

RFID

Monome

Tangible/Graspable Media

Durell Bishop’s Marble Answering Machine

What’s happening locally?
‣ Tarim’s vibration sensors at the Pervasive Media
Studio.
‣ HappyPackages by ThoughtDen.
‣ HP Media Labs and Cityware are doing interesting
things using wireless technologies to build
attention data.

Flickr Credits
‣ iPhone photo: rickyromero
‣ Android photo: joshrussell
‣ Crusty old phones photo: bensonchivers
‣ Eee PC photo: extraketchup
‣ iPhone iPlayer: benjaminwatt
‣ Wii Logo: imuttoo
‣ Apple TV: somewhereinak
‣ Touchscreen: digitalsadhu
‣ Monome: owesen