Talk given at The Conference, Malmo, Sweden in August 2015.

1. It’s complicated:
The teen years of the internet of things.
@iotwatch

2. Hi I’m Alex.

3. I design everyday products that
take advantage of new
technologies

4. Know-Cards
I share my experiences and let
others share theirs.

5. I help my clients make things
themselves and learn from that
process.

6. Everything is amazing right now
and nobody’s happy.

7. We’re living in-between worlds.

8. We’re trying to make sense of the modern
world with old business processes

9. We’ve run out of ideas.

10. Incremental innovation beats radical innovation.

11. Software success stories cannot be
transposed onto hardware.

12. Because of Christmas.

13. We’re confused about the difference between
the internet of things and ‘smart’.

14. We have no standards or regulations.

15. We have no ethics.

16. We don’t know what we’re doing.

17. This is why it matters.

18. Something with many parts where those parts
interact in multiple ways.

19. Hardware, Software, Certification, Marketing,
Distribution, Sales, Customer Service, Finance.

20. We have invented new innovation
processes.

24. We’re in the business of being patient.

25. We’re prototyping.

26. We’re prototyping some more.

27. We’re working with professionals.

28. We’re learning about supply chains.

30. We shape our products which in turn
shape us.

31. We need to learn to see beyond
what we want
to see what we need.

32. We need more consumer products for the elderly,,
for the disabled, for sustainable global living.

33. The winners will be the ones who can help
change our behaviour for the better.

34. All you have to do is jump.

35. I’m afraid there is no money.

36. Good luck!
Thank you.
alex@designswarm.com
@iotwatch