The document discusses user interface trends and the interplay between technology, society, and design, highlighting the effects of novel technologies and commoditization. It examines physical and digital interactions, the role of the body in technology use, and the implications for marginalized users. The author emphasizes the importance of design that caters to slower, more thoughtful interactions in today's fast-paced, technology-driven world.

1. User interface trends
Alan Dix
Talis, University of Birmingham
& Tiree Tech Wave
http://alandix.com/academic/papers/nui2013/

2. University of
Birmingham
Tiree
Talis
Tiree Tech Wave
20-24 March 2014

3. Alan Walks Wales
1058 miles
3 ½ months
April-July 2013
focus on IT at the margins

4. the best technology!
voice recorder
real buttons!!
use it while moving

5. data
location
GPX ... batteries ... sporadic signals ....
bio-sensing
ECG (heart), EDA (skin) and accelerometers
audio and images
in the moment
text
after the event
implicit
explicit

6. user interface trends ...
changes due to:
technology
society and the world
academic/design discipline
... and what this means for users

7. technology

8. changes?
novel technology
commoditisation of technology

9. … computers by the bucket load
http:/www.hcibook.com/alan/projects/firefly/

10. cognition connects with computation
when bodies touch technology

11. • material design
• spatial layout
• the body
• digital artefacts
space and spatial
arrangement
digital artefacts
virtual physicality
material artefacts
and design
the body
physiology
understanding physicality

12. physical design

13. digitality invades the world
• Xerox Paperwork/dataglyphs
• 3D printing
• active materials

14. natural?
gestures in mid air ...
in air haptics 
onomatopoeic action
vestigial or imitative
largely symbolic
communication not tool

15. low attention – low intention
implicit
or
incidental
Tiree open sign

16. augmented bodies?
http://people.ucsc.edu/~joahanse/onlineexhibit/thirdhand/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ship_Who_Sang

17. augmented senses?
Google glass – high attention
holographic spectacles
focus, zoom, ...
direct neural stimulation
subliminal
semantic labelling
expanded periphery
augmented colour space?

18. society and the world

19. technology and society
from the stirrup
to the Arab Spring
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/6850316297/

20. tomorrow’s children ...
physiological changes
... all fingers and thumbs
cognitive changes
the death of meta-cognition?
today’s

21. post-industrialisation
craft and artisan
http://www.hovisbakery.co.uk
http://artisanbaker.org

22. at the margins
social marginality:
poor, old, rural
information marginality:
poor connectivity, old devices
IT deepens the divide
... but can IT help in the margins?

23. slow time & design for solitude

24. the discipline

25. rediscovering rigour
and methodology

26. the new artisan ...
http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:15121

27. celebrating locality

28. IT in the margins
lessons from each other
Harris Tweed
hole in the wall
simple SMS
an old dream ...
the electronic village shop
what now?
www.hole-in-the-wall.com

29. smarter design for
(maybe less smart)
technology?