I want to do more of this!

Courier is a real device, and we’ve heard that it’s in the “late prototype” stage of development. It’s not a tablet, it’s a booklet. The dual 7-inch (or so) screens are multitouch, and designed for writing, flicking and drawing with a stylus, in addition to fingers. They’re connected by a hinge that holds a single iPhone-esque home button. Statuses, like wireless signal and battery life, are displayed along the rim of one of the screens. On the back cover is a camera, and it might charge through an inductive pad, like the Palm Touchstone charging dock for Pre.

via Gizmodo

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Not really sure why I’m blogging this, except for random thoughts that sprung up.

Listening to Matt Jones’s presentation at Umeå for the Fall Summit 2009, and reflecting on some things he said. (It’s amazing that when I listen to a speaker of such calibre, even half-baked thoughts leave me enriched.)

“Anything Essential is Invisible – We are sculpting with Data – We need to have a feel for the data we are working with - We dont design anything until we have a feel for what the data will be like – What the Data wants to Do – Making the Invisible, Visible.”

“And if you think of Brick, for instance,
and you say to Brick,
“What do you want Brick?”
And Brick says to you
“I like an Arch.”
And if you say to Brick
“Look, arches are expensive,
and I can use a concrete lentil over you.
What do you think of that?”
“Brick?”
Brick says:
“… I like an Arch””

(Louis Kahn, Architect, talking about conceiving the IIM Ahmedabad building)

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Perhaps this was why I left the older understanding of Architecture behind in search of a newer one.

Perhaps I was in search of more meaningful data.

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(via the Umeå Institute of Design’s Interaction Design Vimeo Channel)

Some of the most inspiring talks given by some personal heroes of mine. Matt Jones, Adam Greenfield, Jack Schulze, Timo Arnall, Matt Cottam, Lennart Andersson, Erica Robles, Mikael Wiburg and the indomitable Camille Moussette presented to us at the first ever Spring Summit 2009 at Umeå earlier this year.

It was a turning point in a lot of ways for me. I had a chance to meet and get to know Matt Jones  and Lennart Andersson (who were kind enough to spare time to discuss my degree project) and influence my way of thinking in a way that I’d never been inspired to do before. It was also special to listen to Adam Greenfield, a thinker and visionary who’s work I greatly admire. It was a rare and personal moment for everyone in the audience when he decided to stop his presentation midway and speak from the heart. In many ways, after a day of amazing presentations – it was the most fitting way to end. I personally enjoyed Jack and Timo’s presentations immensely too!

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