My Heart is in the Work—Jon Kolko

Martin Polley on May 10th, 2010

Jon Kolko (frog design) gives a talk that “examines our ability to affect change at the intersection of experience, behavior, meaning, and culture, and will emphasize our responsibility to approach our work with philanthropic enthusiasm that would make [Andrew] Carnegie proud.” (Interaction 10, February 2010)

Duration: 30 minutes

Satisfy the Cat

Martin Polley on April 29th, 2010

I was looking for a short video that I could show to my (developer) colleagues to explain what UX is. Joe Sokohl sent me a link to this (by John Boykin). Thanks, Joe!

Duration: 3 minutes

The SENSEable City—Carlo Ratti

Martin Polley on April 28th, 2010

Carlo Ratti (Senseable City Lab, MIT) talks about how sensed data allow a new information layer to be revealed on top of urban space and provide new experiences for citizens (Lift 09).

For more on the connections between interaction design and architecture, see Rahul Sen’s Interaction Design and Architecture: A Video Primer.

Duration: 25 minutes

Designing with Forces—Ryan Singer

Martin Polley on April 26th, 2010

Ryan Singer (37signals) talks about the key points from Christopher Alexander’s “Notes on the Synthesis of Form” and how they use his ideas at 37signals. (SVA’s MFA in Interaction Design program, April 2010)

A separate Q&A video and screenshots are available here.

Duration: 52 minutes

Design Outside the Box—Jesse Schell

Martin Polley on April 25th, 2010

This is the amazing talk about the future of games that Jesse Schell gave at the 2010 DICE Summit. He talks not so much about what games will be like in the future, but about how gaming will leach out into every aspect of our lives. (February 2010)

UPDATE: There has been some interesting discussion around this video in recent days, from such luminaries as Dirk Knemeyer, Russell Davies, and Adam Greenfield. Fascinating stuff, and well worth a read.

Designing for the Web in the World—Timo Arnall

Martin Polley on April 21st, 2010

This is Timo Arnall’s talk from Interaction 10. “Digital interactions are moving beyond keypad and screens and into sensing, networked products that inhabit our everyday lives. This session will explore how designers can create engaging experiences between physical products and digital services.”

Duration: 34 minutes, 31 seconds

Gaming can make a better world—Jane McGonigal

Martin Polley on April 13th, 2010

Jane McGonigal (Institute for the Future) on how gaming can make the real world a better place (TED, February 2010). Via @vickytnz.

Locative Gaming: The First Ten Years—Kati London

Martin Polley on April 11th, 2010

Kati London (Area/Code) gives us a brief history of location-based gaming. “When we start to get used to experiencing places and spaces in the real world through a camera and through overlays on top of that, how does that change our relationship to the real world?” (O’Reilly Where 2.0 conference, March 2010) Via @vickytnz.

Augmented (hyper)Reality: Domestic Robocop—Keiichi Matsuda

Martin Polley on April 8th, 2010

Here’s a nice concept video by Keiichi Matsuda showing a dystopian near-future vision of augmented reality (via Adam Little).

What People Are Really Doing—Nai-Hwa Chiang & Naveen Ravi Kumar

Martin Polley on March 31st, 2010

“This 20 minute documentary, created by IIT Institute of Design students Nai-Hwa Chiang and Naveen Ravi Kumar as their final demonstration project, introduces some key concepts and approaches for effective user observation.” (Via @vickytnz)

Duration: 21 minutes