Adam Greenfield
Instructor, Interactive Telecommunications
Program, NYU
Author, "Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous
Computing"
September 19, 2007
Time: 12:10 - 1:30
Room: TBA
"Everyware: Notes on the Social and Ethical Implications of
Ubiquitous Computing"
Abstract:
Ubiquitous computing - almost imperceptible, but everywhere around us
- is rapidly becoming a reality: smart buildings, smart furniture,
smart clothing...even smart bathtubs. Networked street signs and self-
describing soda cans. Gestural interfaces like those seen in Minority
Report. The RFID tags now embedded in everything from credit cards to
the family pet.
All of these are facets of the informatic regime author Adam
Greenfield calls "everyware." In this talk, we'll be exploring how
everyware is already reshaping our lives, transforming our
understanding of the cities we live in, the communities we belong to
- and the way we see ourselves. How will it change us? And how might
we shape its emergence?
Bio:
Adam Greenfield is a writer, user experience consultant and
instructor at New York University's Interactive Telecommunications
Program.
Before starting his current practice, Studies and Observations, Adam
was lead information architect for the Tokyo office of well-known Web
consultancy Razorfish. His clients have included Toyota, Sony,
Capgemini, and various agencies of the United States government.
Adam has spoken frequently on issues of design, culture, technology
and user experience before a wide variety of audiences, including the
SXSW Interactive festival, LIFT, the European "Civilizations
Numeriques" conference, Microsoft Research's HCI2020 workshop, Aula,
and the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference. Most recently, he
keynoted the 2007 International Conference on Pervasive Computing.
His 2006 book Everyware: The dawning age of ubiquitous computing, has
been acclaimed as “groundbreaking,” “elegant,” and “soulful” by Bruce
Sterling, and “gracefully written, fascinating, and deeply wise” by
Wired’s Steve Silberman. He lives and works with his wife, artist
Nurri Kim, in New York City.
Michael Zimmer, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
e: zimmerm@uwm.edu
w: www.michaelzimmer.org