http://www.studies-observations.com/blog Insight and commentary from Studies and Observations, New York City Mon, 19 Mar 2007 16:45:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Just a quick note to express my appreciation for everyone who came to last night's IxDA event here in New York. It was wonderfully gratifying to see such strong interest in the topic (and the book), and of course it's always nice to get such insightful comments and questions afterward. Ashley, ... http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/03/10/thanks-for-coming-out/ Thanks to Yasmine Abbas, I'll be speaking at a meeting of Harvard GSD's Critical Digital student group the day after my appearance at Emerson College. More details as they become available. http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/03/01/appearing-at-harvard-gsd-on-16-march/ On March 15th, I'll be speaking in Boston, as a part of Emerson College's Floating Points 3 lecture series. The theme of the panel I'm on will be questioning some of the premises that are used to promote ubiquitous information technologies and "working creatively to subvert them." http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/01/16/appearing-at-emerson-college-on-15-march/ The following is the English translation of an interview recently conducted by the French magazine Internet Actu. IA: Can you tell us something about your background and how you came to be interested in ubicomp? Professionally, I'm an information architect and user-experience consultant. A consistent concern in my work in this field ... http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/01/11/internet-actu-interview-ag-on-ubiquitous-computing/ Just wanted to mention that I'll be giving a talk on Everyware on 12 March in Austin TX, as part of this year's SXSW Interactive festival. By all means, come say hi. http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/01/11/appearing-at-sxsw-on-12-march/ Something I'm very excited about right now is the upcoming publication of my first book, Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing, due out in just a few weeks from Peachpit Press/AIGA. Everyware deals with the challenge of post-PC computing in all its forms, from the RFID tags now embedded in ... http://www.studies-observations.com/blog/2006/01/08/everyware/