Feral Technologies: An ethnographic account of the future—Genevieve Bell

Martin Polley on July 26th, 2010

Genevieve Bell (Intel) explores “the ways in which new technologies are following the path of feral Australian pests”, in particular, “the unexpected and unscheduled transformations that have occurred in the last decade” (PARC Forum, June 2010).

Duration: an hour and 20 minutes

Robert Hoekman Discusses Web Application Design

Martin Polley on July 22nd, 2010

Robert Hoekman Jr. answers questions about webapp design. (From the Voices that Matter podcast series.)

Duration: 8 minutes

Natural Interactions with Digital Content—David Merrill

Martin Polley on July 18th, 2010

David Merrill (Sifteo, then at MIT Media Lab) talks about using Siftables to interact with digital content (Stanford HCI Seminar series, October 2008).

Duration: just over an hour

Social Interaction Design for Augmented Reality—Joe Lamantia

Martin Polley on July 13th, 2010

Joe Lamantia talks about interaction design principles for social augmented interactions (The Web and Beyond, June 2010).

Duration: 54 minutes

Tap the TV

Martin Polley on July 6th, 2010

What happens when the iPad and TV collide? Here’s one answer, from Nordkapp and SuomiTV. (More info on the project blog.)

Duration: 3 minutes

Mobile First—Luke Wroblewski

Martin Polley on July 2nd, 2010

Luke Wroblewski (LukeW Ideation + Design, stealth startup co-founder), makes the case for “designing Web applications for mobile platforms before the desktop in order to take advantage of explosive growth, useful constraints, and innovative capabilities” (LinkedIn Tech Talks series, May 2010).

Duration: 58 minutes

Ideo Reimagines the ATM

Martin Polley on June 30th, 2010

Sadly, this video cannot be embedded, but I’m posting it anyway. It shows the ATM that Ideo designed for Spanish bank BBVA. It illustrates what can be achieved when industrial, interaction, and visual designers work together with a client and hardware manufacturers.

Don Norman at Business of Software 2009

Martin Polley on June 29th, 2010

We love Don Norman. Here he is at the Business of Software 2009 conference, explaining his 10 rules of success. Pure gold.

Duration: 65 minutes

Feeding the Cats—Cooper

Martin Polley on June 23rd, 2010

As part of their “Drawing Board” narrated slideshow series, the folks at Cooper take a look at badly-designed automatic cat feeders, and suggest some improvements.

Duration: 2 minutes

Don Norman: The Want Interview

Martin Polley on June 21st, 2010

The Don is always entertaining viewing (and educational too!).

Duration: 28 minutes