Monday, March 21, 2005

There's ambience, then there's ambience Is this what they mean by "ambient intelligence"? ambient dashboard. finally shipping: the ambient office dashboard. the dashboard operates wirelessly & displays real-time, at-a-glance information (e.g. stocks, weather, traffic, currency conversion, email status, allergy index). note: some 'wireless' information requires a monthly premium fee (& it only works in the USA). [thinkgeek.com|ambientdevices.com] [information aesthetics] Somehow I don't think so, but we'll learn more in a few months when ACM's <interactions> has an issue focusing on ambient intelligence. See my teaser at http://www.fredsampson.com/interactions/ambient.htm. 7:54:06 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

So maybe it's just sleeping? A response to Peter's UX-is-dead remarks: Is UX Dead?. In 1897, Mark Twain wrote (in a widely-corrupted quotation), "This report of my death was an exaggeration." That's what I thought when I read this provocative post by Peter Merholz. . . . . . "UX" dead? It's just slumbering, awaiting those willing to grapple with its size and preach its gospel. By noemail@noemail.org (Dave Rogers). [UXCentric] 7:50:13 PM    Questions? Comments? Flames? []

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