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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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The Myth of Usability Testing—Robert Hoekman Jr.

Martin Polley on June 13th, 2010

Robert Hoekman Jr. on the myth of usability testing. I’m not sure I agree with him 100% here, but it’s a nice, short video and definitely worth a look (Pecha Kucha Phoenix, April 2010).


Duration: just under 7 minutes

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Design for Developers—Idan Gazit

Martin Polley on June 1st, 2010


Idan Gazit gives a nice visual design primer, aimed at developers. (DjangoCon Europe 2010, May 2010).


Duration: 54 minutes

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Don Norman at IIT Design Research Conference 2010

Martin Polley on May 31st, 2010

Don Norman speaking about design research, new technology, and radical innovation (May 2010).


Duration: 40 minutes

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How a train rocked my world—Jeneanne Rae

Martin Polley on May 27th, 2010

Jeneanne Rae (Peer Insight, formerly of Ideo), talks about the idea of the customer journey in service design. (Service design and interaction design are the same thing, right?) Via @vickytnz.


Duration: 10 minutes

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Build a tower, build a team—Tom Wujec

Martin Polley on May 26th, 2010

Tom Wujec talks about the value of prototyping. (TED, February 2010)


Duration: 7 minutes

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