We live in modern times, witchcraft has been replaced by technologically magical products and service whose appearance is as alluring as our expectations of how we can use them. The more utopian the products and service we use become the less we need to understand how they work, which is fine, until something goes wrong and you need to get it working again.
We live in modern times, witchcraft has been replaced by technologically magical products and service whose appearance is as alluring as our expectations of how we can use them. The more utopian the products and service we use become the less we need to understand how they work, which is fine, until something goes wrong and you need to get it working again.
What started off as a passing curiosity to alleviate the monotony of my long daily commute soon developed into a year long ‘lite’ anthropological study on the behavior of ‘sleepers’ on public transport. Through this study I have been looking at identifying the traits, behaviors and patterns of sleepers. What similarities could be found in the type of person that makes a ‘sleeper’? As well as the pros & cons of different sleeping methods and tactics.
A talk on 'Future Foods' both real and imagined. Which explores the glimpses of food from the futre in sci-fi films, contrasted with the reality of what is around and available to use today.
Presented at Pecha Kucha as part of Brighton Science Festival 2011
You don't know me better than I know myselfoli shaw
We can track almost anything we want, and we are being tracked by others much more then we care to acknowledge, both in the digital realm and in the physical one. In the dark matter of the data shadows created from our tracked activities comes 'Ambient personalisation' and with it anticipatory services, not all these services are new, some we have been using and rely upon every day. What happens when our 'smart' things can anticipate our needs before we know what we want?.
Talk given at:
UCD2013 London
World Usability Day 2013 Bristol
The digital products and services we use are becoming increasingly more ‘clever’ and ‘smart’. But before we make bold claims about predicting our customers’ actions, we first start by anticipating them (guestimates). In a single day we create extensive footprints of data. For starters, there are the points we earn on store loyalty cards, the way we interact with Facebook, and our activity in Google products. Plus we can self-track almost everything from sleep to exercise to mood. These data sets prove valuable in making the services we use more personalised. But, taking that idea further, we can now make things even more relevant to our desires.
You will learn about:
Anticipatory services
Ambiently personalising products & services
Combining data to generate better personalisation
Examples of ambient personalisation in action
The uncanny valley of personalisation
The principals for making a great anticipatory service
Talk given at:
ConveyUX
Strategic design tools - patterns, frameworks and principlesoli shaw
Presented at UX Scotland June 2013.
"This talk covers how to create a strategic vision for a product / service, and then take that vision though a series of strategic design tools to guide its journey though production to release.
We will cover:
What strategic design is and why its important
How to create design principals for a project which can be used to aid feature ideas, prioritisation and design
Working with stakeholders to translate solutions back into requirements
Frameworks for collaborative design"
What started off as a passing curiosity to alleviate the monotony of my long daily commute soon developed into a year long ‘lite’ anthropological study on the behavior of ‘sleepers’ on public transport. Through this study I have been looking at identifying the traits, behaviors and patterns of sleepers. What similarities could be found in the type of person that makes a ‘sleeper’? As well as the pros & cons of different sleeping methods and tactics.
A talk on 'Future Foods' both real and imagined. Which explores the glimpses of food from the futre in sci-fi films, contrasted with the reality of what is around and available to use today.
Presented at Pecha Kucha as part of Brighton Science Festival 2011
You don't know me better than I know myselfoli shaw
We can track almost anything we want, and we are being tracked by others much more then we care to acknowledge, both in the digital realm and in the physical one. In the dark matter of the data shadows created from our tracked activities comes 'Ambient personalisation' and with it anticipatory services, not all these services are new, some we have been using and rely upon every day. What happens when our 'smart' things can anticipate our needs before we know what we want?.
Talk given at:
UCD2013 London
World Usability Day 2013 Bristol
The digital products and services we use are becoming increasingly more ‘clever’ and ‘smart’. But before we make bold claims about predicting our customers’ actions, we first start by anticipating them (guestimates). In a single day we create extensive footprints of data. For starters, there are the points we earn on store loyalty cards, the way we interact with Facebook, and our activity in Google products. Plus we can self-track almost everything from sleep to exercise to mood. These data sets prove valuable in making the services we use more personalised. But, taking that idea further, we can now make things even more relevant to our desires.
You will learn about:
Anticipatory services
Ambiently personalising products & services
Combining data to generate better personalisation
Examples of ambient personalisation in action
The uncanny valley of personalisation
The principals for making a great anticipatory service
Talk given at:
ConveyUX
Strategic design tools - patterns, frameworks and principlesoli shaw
Presented at UX Scotland June 2013.
"This talk covers how to create a strategic vision for a product / service, and then take that vision though a series of strategic design tools to guide its journey though production to release.
We will cover:
What strategic design is and why its important
How to create design principals for a project which can be used to aid feature ideas, prioritisation and design
Working with stakeholders to translate solutions back into requirements
Frameworks for collaborative design"