all these moments will be lost in time: the web, the future, and us
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ALL THESE MOMENTS WILL BE LOST IN TIME
Sally Jenkinson, (R)evolution, 25.09.2015 @sjenkinson | [email protected]
the web, the future, and us
[email protected] | @sjenkinson
Digital solutions architect & consultant Records Sound the Same Ltd
Sally Jenkinson
DEVELOPER DEVELOPER, MANAGER
DEVELOPER, MANAGER, ARCHITECT
MANAGER, ARCHITECT, SALES, CONSULTANT 😒
DESIGNER!
DISCOVERY
REQUIREMENTS
SOLUTIONS RECOMMENDATION & ARCHITECTURE
TECHNICAL STRATEGY
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
CONSULTANCY
THE INTERNET OF 2021
youtube.com/watch?v=8p0jmewhXeU
youtube.com/watch?v=8p0jmewhXeU
WHAT CHALLENGES DOES THE FUTURE BRING?
2015.dconstruct.org
I worked on a project for SSEaaaaaaaa, , looking at digital solution architect , so
that we could do some digital and something for the next 5 to 10 years.
What we plan now may not be relevant in the future
Our project
Our users
Our business
Technology
Wildcards
Our project
Keeping up vs getting ahead
Technical debt
‘Digital transformation’
The needs of tomorrow vsthe realities of today
The wrong decisions, or adopting too soon
Keeping up as individuals
THE FUTURE IS HARD!
THE FUTURE FROM THE PAST
teslamotors.com/blog/hyperloop
“Short of figuring out real teleportation, which would of course be awesome (someone please do this), the only option for super fast travel is to build a tube over or under the ground that contains a special environment. !
This is where things get tricky.
TELLING STORIES
a work kit useful for parceling ideas into their
atomic elements
Make It So
“We’ve seen repeatedly that if an interface works for an audience, there’s something there that will work for users. !
Finding what that thing is and using it for inspiration in our own work is part of how we can use these speculative interfaces.
nesta.org.uk• Imagining Technology
• Better Made Up - The Mutual Influence of Science Fiction and Innovation
• Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow: A modest defence of futurology
• Quantitative Analysis of Technology Futures
morning.computer/2015/05/the-future-is-a-confidence-trick
USING FUTURE THINKING
Better consider our users’ changing needs.
Identify opportunities.
Aid prioritisation.
Define what the product is and what it will be.
More robust decisions - understand limitations and benefits of choices.
React quickly/better to change by embracing evolution.
Make more exciting things!
THE FUTURE & OUR WORK
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
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doStuff()
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO THE FUTURE
Discovery & planning
Content first Separate content from display Small to large Prioritisation Backlog &
roadmap
Problems now & of the future
Usage patterns, interactions, behaviour
Embrace wider trends
Learn from the past
Don’t be bound by form
Create a set of high level principles for the future
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Example principles
Discovery & planning
Content first Separate content from display Small to large Prioritisation Backlog &
roadmap
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Problems now & of the future
Usage patterns, interactions, behaviour
Embrace wider trends
Learn from the past
Don’t be bound by form
Create a set of high level principles for the future
A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam
!
- Frederik Pohl
Doing
Embrace web standards, semantics, open formats
Responsive design & progressive enhancement
Create incrementally, release often
Track & manage change Think atomically
Allocate time to improve the past and the future
Stories and design thinking (workshops)
Lifespan of project components
Separation, modularity, loosely-coupled architectures and services
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Embrace automation Document decisions Prototype & test
Evolving
Share your experiences
Specs & upcoming technologies Use your data
Better digital preservation Play more
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Watch more sci-fi!
CUP OF TEA?
@sjenkinson | [email protected] | recordssoundthesame.com
THANK YOU.
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