What to build it on?Intersections, People, Technology
Raffi KrikorianLAMP Residential, Adelaide
11 October 2005
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we could start with thetechnology…
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…but that’s a bad idea
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don’t start with the tech
– technology can lock you in
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don’t start with the tech
– technology can lock you in– technology can date you
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don’t start with the tech
– technology can lock you in– technology can date you– technology, the band
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don’t start with the tech
– technology can lock you in– technology can date you– technology, the bandtechnology is usually irrelevant
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let’s take a differentapproach
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the approach
– create your stories and yourinteractions independently oftechnology
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the approach
– create your stories and yourinteractions independently oftechnology
– analyze and keep up to date withthe world
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tech analysis 101
what’s out there : mediums and technologies
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audio
– over the air radio– HD-radio– satellite radio– streaming internet radio– podcasting
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video
– over the air television– cable television– satellite television– google video, akimbo, etc.– bittorrent
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the web
– massive and global distribution– personalization– allows “broadcasting” from the
viewer
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mobile
– ubiquitous and “in pocket”– small and poor quality screens– currently very specific input
mechanisms– the poorer cousin to the computer
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convergence
– lots of computation in previouslyunusual places
– Xbox, Playstation, etc.– Home Media Centers– OCAP enabled televisions
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what was the point?
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framework
– figure out what a medium can orcannot do
– figure out what a mediumdiscourages or encourages
– figure out how people use amedium
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the internet has changedthe game
– an equalizing way for globalcommunication and distribution
– personalized delivery– personalized broadcasting– end-around the television
providers
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mixing and remixing
– rich interaction will make use ofmultiple media
– find the technologies that enablethe interactions you want
– tie things together in unexpectedways
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ownership
– people want stuff– people want something they can
protect, show off, display…– people want something they can
call their own
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opportunities
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taking PVRs and DVRsinto account
– time shifted video– management of information– pre-positioned content– targeted advertising
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media centers
– tying together internet, video,software all at the destination
– no longer controlled by the cableoperator
– freedom
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