This course aims to shift the understanding of ambient computing from being all-encompassing to creating a peaceful and relaxed atmosphere. The learning outcomes include challenging the audience to consider the desirability of ambient technology and sharing 5 provocations on designing technology to enhance warmth and seamlessness in human interactions. The course teaches skills such as understanding challenges in ambient computing, designing technology to facilitate human interactions, and creating a peaceful ambiance. The teaching method involves a talk that challenges conventional views on ambient computing. The intended audience includes individuals interested in the intersection of technology and human experience, particularly in designing technology to enhance human interactions.
Overview
Syllabus
What's the worst restaurant experience you've ever had?
My job is to bring the warmth and seamlessness of human interactions to our technological experiences.
Challenges to the future of ambient computing
Get a little smarter about what smart technology we're building
Right now, the smart device industry is noisy.
Our toys don't want to play nicely together.
The joy of the same old things in new and different places
Sometimes it seems like the industry is trying to build the digital equivalent of an overly-eager concierge in an anonymous chain hotel.
Let the technology subtly facilitate the same old things in new environments
Smart people steering smart devices
Taught by
SXSW
