So you want an internet of things strategy?

I’ve been giving talks and having lots of meetings with executives across a number of different industries who are interested in the internet of things and aren’t quite sure what to do. Based on the past ten years of my work around this topic, here are some high-level recommendations. Assumptions: chances are you have a… Continue reading So you want an internet of things strategy?

Open letter to AIGA

Hello! Sorry for reaching out unexpectedly, but I’d like to bring something to your attention. I am not a member of AIGA but a professional product and interaction designer and I have been working for over 10 years under designswarm.com as both my company’s URL, digital presence on social media of all sorts, talks internationally, works displayed… Continue reading Open letter to AIGA

Made Near You: making local food businesses shareable & transparent

So to conclude (rather dramatically) last week, here are some notes on what I ended up showcasing at the end of the Mozilla Open IOT Design Sprint in Anstruther, Scotland. Made Near You (MaNY) is a service which allows food producers who want to encourage local communities and tourists to eat and buy local. A form… Continue reading Made Near You: making local food businesses shareable & transparent

Rage against the Machine

Rage against the Machine I just spent the week in Scotland hanging out with Europeans living abroad, British people living across the whole of the UK, Americans living across Europe. Those are ‘my people’ in a life I’ve been priviledged to live since I moved to London for love in 2007. Even when the love ended,… Continue reading Rage against the Machine

On the potential

(Talk given on March 11th in India at the BusinessWorld IOT Expo.) I’ve had a lot of friends join large organisations as employees. One of the reasons they cite is often ‘there’s so much potential’ because the brand / business is large, important or global. I always grin. Since the world of business and technology… Continue reading On the potential