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Continuing All is Full of Love

All is Full of Love

Ben Bashford at UX Brighton 2012

Methods mentioned

  • Persona Development17:49Extends user personas to system personas that describe what a product or robot itself needs and feels.

Related reading

Books, research, ideas and people referenced in this talk.

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Books

  • Alone Together06:27The talk cites Sherry Turkle's Alone Together when discussing how connected devices capture and relay people's lives.
  • Future Shock08:47The talk traces the term future shock to Alvin Toffler's book about the psychological effects of overwhelming change.
  • The Media Equation16:30The talk cites The Media Equation as a book exploring why people respond socially to media and computers.
  • Understanding Comics19:05The talk uses Scott McCloud's Understanding Comics to illustrate how people project meaning onto simplified forms.

Concepts

  • Manufactured normalcy field08:20The talk names Venkatesh Rao's manufactured normalcy field as a way to describe the feeling of disorientation caused by rapid change.

Projects and resources

  • The New Aesthetic09:05The talk recommends James Bridle's New Aesthetic blog as an archive of images showing the unfamiliar effects of digital technology.
  • Philips Hue13:09The talk shows Philips Hue light bulbs as an example of products that can be controlled remotely.