I've presented in the P-Camp event yesterday and was asked to share my slides.
So, here they are:
Interesting user experience concept from MIT - Siftables.
Presented by David Merrill.
I like it as it makes the 'out of the box' phrase real.
In this case - instead of a 'box'/screen it provides multiple display and interactive objects. This truly it breaks down the current interaction concepts by making the screen part of the interaction and not just the canvas.
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Siftables:
Imagine overturning a container of nuts and bolts, then looking through the resulting pile for a particular item. Or spreading photographs out on a tabletop and then beginning to sort them into piles. During these activities we interact with large numbers of small objects at the same time, and they utilize all of our fingers and both hands together. We humans are skilled at using our hands in these ways, and can effortlessly sift and sort - focusing on our higher level goals rather than the items themselves.Siftables aims to enable people to interact with information and media in physical, natural ways that approach interactions with physical objects in our everyday lives. As an interaction platform, Siftables applies technology and methodology from wireless sensor networks to tangible user interfaces. Siftables are independent, compact devices with sensing, graphical display, and wireless communication capabilities. They can be physically manipulated as a group to interact with digital information and media. Siftables can be used to implement any number of gestural interaction languages and HCI applications.
The Siftables interaction platform is a collaboration with Jeevan Kalanithi.
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ScreenSplitr is an iPhone app that lets you see your iPhone screen on a TV or a Computer while still being able to see and interact with the iPhone.
Demos:
iPhone onnected to the TV
If you liked the Flex2/3 explorer, you have to check this one out.
Tour de Flex includes over 200 runnable samples, each with source code, links to documentation, and other details. Topics include the Flex Core Components, Flex Data Access, AIR Desktop Capabilities, Cloud APIs, Data Visualization, Mapping, and a growing collection of custom components, effects, skins, etc.
Install the AIR application and explore its capabilities.
Such as Web Services
UI components and effects
and much more...
E.T.
Like many, I am also looking for original visuals during presentations, demos and prototype development. There are many good (and reasonably not expensive) sources for these visuals.
If you are using Adobe CS2/3, it is easy to use Adobe Bridge and the stock photos.
For other images, I sometime use iStockPhoto as well.
But sometime, you just need something completely different.
There are many amazing independent photographers and artists who can provide you with unique visuals.
Some of them are using their Blogs or Websites, like Jon Hope to promote their work
while other are using services such as http://www.zhibit.org, where many artists have a platform to show their work (and get paid as well...).
A side note:
Sometime you would like to contact the photographer.
I think the "Contact Us/Me" page is a very important part of the branding.
Sometime you find a long list of links and phone numbers, sometime just an address, but some time you get more...
I really liked Jon Hope's contact page.
This visual gave me the feeling this person been places and is not just a name / URL.
(plus + he has some great work of art on his site).
E.T.
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I am working on some prototypes using Adobe Flex (again).
The applications I'm prototyping merge information from several systems and hopefully would have a cool UI...
Adobe Flex has a great 'out of the box' containers, controllers and other layout capabilities, which make it a great tool for building these type of applications.
As you can imagine, some custom containers are required to enhance the basic capabilities and experiences.
Many good people are creating these components and sharing/selling them.
For example, the Adobe Flex Exchange, Andrew Trice Blog and Quietly Scheming (as shown).
I am using the Flex Style Explorer to create and test CSS play with visuals ideas.
Back to Flex syntax now...
E.T.
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