Finally got some time to meet-up and discuss with Rob van Kranenburg yesterday in Amsterdam at Waag. It's been a while that we only briefly exchanged during conferences and I wanted to know more about his work. It also immediately led me to read his recent book about the internet of things. There ...
Mobile Monday Amsterdam
Some random notes from Mobile Monday Amsterdam, where I was invited last monday (to give a talk about "what the hell happened to location-based games"). The event was more specifically about mobile gaming/entertainment: Jeroen Ellferich interestingly brought this intriguing question: would you di...
Vending machine interface design
The evolution of vending machine interfaces is highly curious. Seen in Amsterdam yesterday, at the train station in Schiphol. This train ticket machine sports weird spikes. What do they mean? What are they intended to do? preventing people to put stickers? Or it can be a way to prevent credit card...
Augmented meeting point
An interesting cluster of services at Schiphol airport near Amsterdam. This meeting point is enriched with: A physical whiteboard so that people can leave messages, notes and writes stuff. A dual screen that: (a) explains how to send SMS messages, (b) list the different messages that people sent ...
Electricity and decay
Seen in Guadeloupe last month. Made me think about this quote: “The world constantly decays. Moisture gets in. Damp hangs around. Ice expands joints. Surfaces wear thin. Particles fall out of suspension. Materials rot. Insects breed. Animals chew. All kinds of wildlife war with all kinds of fabric...
Repurposed object
When the mailbox is too small, the door handle can serve a relevant alternative. These package (4-5 newspapers) is indeed to thick to be posted in the mailbox. An intriguing example of a repurposed object, mundane creativity on the street. ...
User experiences deliverables
People interested in design process and deliverable should read "User Experiences Deliverables". The blogpost summarizes a wide array of elements that can be used over the course of a design project. The treasure map (.pdf) offers a good summary. Why do I blog this? One month ago, I blogged about ...
Design add-on
A magnifying glass added to shopping carts in my grocery store in Geneva. An interesting add-on for shoppers who may need this feature. Will help to perceive some details not easy to see. It's funny to see that while in some places shopping carts are enhanced with rfid reader, this shop has chosen...
Console game as a social place
It seems that we finally have some good research material about the user experience of the Wii. Working on this topic for two years for a client, I was amazed by the lack of paper concerning how players use the Nintendo console and its gestural interaction devices. It seems that "Wii All Play: The...
Awareness, visibility and Twitter
Looking at the webosphere, it's funny how certain topics appear to be new and shiny when they exist for quite a while. The notion of "ambient awareness" is one of these terms that you hear here and there as if it was brand new. It generally refers to the possibility to stay tuned with what your con...