Some thoughts on all this voice malarky. I mean, Google Duplex. Because apparently it’s the future of the smart home, and seeing as I’m writing a damn book about the topic here we go. (PS: pre-order the book for much much more). I think this’ll be useful for the talk I’m giving tomorrow at YLE… Continue reading What I think about voice
Intelligent for what?
Apologies to Drake for inelegantly stealing his line but I’m in Canada this week, speaking at the iX Symposium at the Société des Arts Technologiques and I’ve become very interested in the concepts of artificial intelligence and how mainstream the expression has become. The world of the internet of things in which I mostly operate has been… Continue reading Intelligent for what?
Let’s get together and call ourselves an institute: or how people coming together isn’t enough.
Let’s get together and call ourselves an institute: or how people coming together isn’t enough. I’m in the country side in Slovakia today. I took my 15th flight (this year) to get here. I will leave on Sunday. And there is no guarantee that I will ever see the people I will have met here again.… Continue reading Let’s get together and call ourselves an institute: or how people coming together isn’t enough.
How to work with Londoners: a guide for foreigners.
How to work with Londoners: a guide for foreigners. So we’re a year away from Brexit and although I fear many will leave, many others (read: Americans) will come here in search of a friendlier healthcare system and English-speaking opportunities. Here is a guide to how to work with Londoners to prepare you before you… Continue reading How to work with Londoners: a guide for foreigners.
The Value of Design
There’s a new book out called Design and the Creation of Value which at an eye watering £85 probably isn’t going to make it on to my reading list straight away but the review illustrates a point I’ve been thinking about a lot recently. “Moral or ethical value seems to have limited relation to design.” writes John… Continue reading The Value of Design
Against the grain
Against the grain I don’t usually use hyperbole, especially not about anything American, but over a week ago I attended what is probably the best event I’ve ever been to. The setting was straight out of an Eagles album: the Mojave desert, a 2h drive from Los Angeles (thanks to Ben Hammersley for driving me there).… Continue reading Against the grain
A statement
A statement (I’m attending the Salzburg Global Seminar which was themed: ‘Arts, Technology and Making Sense of the Future’ and apparently former alumni have produced a ‘statement’ in the past. That doesn’t seem to be happening this time around so I thought I’d give it a go. Much of this relates to the wicked problem… Continue reading A statement
The case for small design schools
I haven’t put a lot of effort in blogging here recently so I thought I’d kick off with a January post and get back in the groove. I was invited by Francisco to come back to ITESM in Mexico City after leading a 3 day teacher training workshop last December. This time around I’m here to help… Continue reading The case for small design schools
Being a British Citizen
Being a British Citizen Yesterday, along with 20 other people I was handed a Certificate of Naturalisation with a welcome letter from Amber Rudd and details on how to get a passport, all in an envelope with the heading ‘Being a British Citizen’. It was a strange moment, me, smiling, holding the hand of the Mayor… Continue reading Being a British Citizen
What does it take to make better connected products?
What does it take to make better connected products? This time last year, Usman Haque and I were reminded that it had been almost five years since our ‘Open Internet of Things Definition’ event at Google Campus. Five years is both a long time and not a long time, but we thought it would be… Continue reading What does it take to make better connected products?