Microsoft Research will unveil OmniTouch, a touch screen for any surface, at UIST 2012. Chris Harrison wrote about the research he did on the project. It is uncanny how simular this work is to MIT’s SixthSense which I have written about back in 2009.
Here is an interesting talk that Dan Pink gave to the RSA (Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce) entitled “Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us.” Dan illustrates the hidden truths behind what really motivates us at home and in the workplace. You might be surprised to know it has nothing to do with money, in fact, monetary incentive caused poorer performance among people. It is interesting to me because in my last job hunt (which I still owe you a post on), I took compensation out of the equation because I didn’t want that to be the reason why I choose one job over another. I can easily say that I am the happiest I have been in 10 years here at my new job and I wake up each day with excitement & purpose.
Due to popular demand, here are the slides from my presentation at the Breaking Development conference in Nashville last week. It’s the same basic talk I have given before on The Cross-Channel Experience but with a few minor tweaks and the talking points were more focused on mobile web than anything else. If you didn’t make it to Nashville, I would highly recommend checking out this conference when it comes to Orlando especially if you are doing any level of mobile web design.
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