Note: This is the first in a series of posts that explore trends at the intersection of human behavior and technology that might emerge over the next three years from the convergence of other, established trends.
The Macrotrend:
The normalization of social behaviors on the web, in combination with the ability to centralize human networks via [...]
Published on October 21, 2009 7:15 am.
Filed under: People and Spaces, Things I Have Written Tags: barcode, functionality, innovation, mobile, new york times, platforms, scarcity, tools
I awoke to a fantastic post on Make this morning about Youth Music Box – an installation at the Royal Music Hall in London that allows kids to construct their own original composition in a few short minutes.
Youth Music Box is a free, interactive musical experience, allowing you to create your own unique track and [...]
Published on September 3, 2009 10:26 am.
Filed under: Notes on Things Seen, People and Devices Tags: branded utility, brands, experiences, functionality, le centre pompidou, learning, teaching, technology, tools
There are some really intriguing underpinnings of an infrastructure meme at the moment, which I’ll attempt to coalesce around some ongoing social media trends. Please bear with me:
Deepak Kumar, a consultant with the ICFAI Journal of Infrastructure, outlines the distinctions between ‘hard infrastructure’ and ’soft infrastructure’ in these terms1:
(The) infrastructure sector is divided into hard [...]
Published on March 17, 2009 5:14 pm.
Filed under: People and Brands, Things I Have Written Tags: Braess Paradox, Burton Matrix, conversation, Dunbar's Number, follower, functionality, hard infrastructure, Social Media, social networks, soft infrastructure, urban planning, visualization
1,435mm is a decidedly significant, if seemingly arbitrary figure.
As it happens, it the precise amount of space between train track rails dictated by Standard Gauge (occasionally referred to as Stephenson Gauge), and the specification used on some 60% of the world’s railway mileage.
Four feet, eight and one-half inches – a standard that allows trains to [...]
Published on February 12, 2009 11:41 am.
Filed under: People and Devices Tags: Android, familiarity, functionality, Google, interface, place