A SXSW roundup@mrgarethjames
Chief Creative Officer - TMW
“I urge you - make the web that we want”
Tim Berners-Lee, SXSW 2014
“The ability to surveil everyone on the planet is almost there and, arguably, will be there in the next couple of years”Julian Assange, SXSW 2014
The NSA and its counterparts in other countries, are “setting fire to the future of the internet. You guys that are in the room are all the firefighters.”Edward Snowden SXSW 2014
“with everything from diapers to dishwashers
being “connected,” what does this mean
for society as a whole?”
"Do we run the risk of losing control and
allowing technology to take over lives?”
Are we becoming too smart?Tony Salvador, anthropologist, Intel Corp
Radical Visibility:changed the way we expose ourselves to each other
Radical Imbalance: We give in the hope of getting something, but we don’t get or give what we’re thinking
Radical Power Shift:Very few know a lot about many people, without the few knowing
Gareth James, 38 ¾
There is good in that there data
Quantified self = Self Actualization
@benessen, Iris Worldwide
We want our technology to be smart, but also deeply personal
Jennifer Dunnam - Frog Design
So what do I think this means in terms of design?
Avoid Gimmicks
Think way beyondthe screen
Our interfaces haveto calm down
Be careful how your gestures look
WATCH-
OUT
DON’T!
LOOK OUT
Thanks.@mrgarethjames