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The Future of UI Jun 5th, 2010

I have mentioned g-Speak and the future of interface design going back to April 2009, but I thought this video was particularly good at demonstrating not just Oblong’s g-Speak but where the user interface is going and what experiences will look like for the average person in not 100, 50, or even 20 years from now, but 5 years from now.

This technology is, in fact, available today and is mostly used by corporations and scientists. That said, John Underkoffler’s statement that this style of experience will be available inherently as part of your computer purchase in 5 years I don’t feel is too far off the mark given how fast the computer is evolving in recent years. (found via UXBooth)

UX is Powerful May 27th, 2010

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Abby Covert (AKA “AbbyThe IA”) in person during the IA Summit. I am still getting acquainted with her work, but every time I find something she worked on or created I really like the results. So it is no exception to the rule that when I came across her presentation entitled User Experience is Powerful, I loved it.

In this presentation she quickly, clearly, and accurately communicates the value of User Experience within in-house and agency teams. If you are struggling within a team to get others to see your value as a UX practitioner, you need to see this presentation. Well done Abby!

What’s Next for Information Architecture? May 10th, 2010

Here is an interesting film by Kate Ray called Web 3.0. As much as I hate the notion of numbering things because it gives the impression that the prior versions are obsolete I think this film does a pretty good job at depicting the problem set behind the web and the notion of the semantic web. (via Chris Messina)

What I find even more fascinating is the mention of ontologies, folksonomies, search, relational data, context, and more are all things that information architecture encapsulates, tho I feel the problem set transcends information architecture alone. I gave a presentation called The Future of IA at ASIS&T 2009 that covered this to some degree. I am both curious and excited to see the challenges that lay before us.

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