AEA Resources: Articles, Links, and Tools From An Event Apart Boston 2015
An in-progress compendium of links, resources, and information from the speakers at An Event Apart Boston.
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Speaker Links and Resources
Jon Hicks
Iconic (Icon Set) Design process of the Githib Icon Font ‘Octicons' Optimizing UI icons for faster recognition The Noun Project Spotify Icon Set Sketch App Color Emoji in Windows 8.1—The Future of Color Fonts? IcoMoon Glyphs App @font-face web font research Bulletproof Accessible Icon Fonts SVGO-GUI (SVG Optimiser) SVG Icons FTW Lonely Planet Icon Process Grunticon Grumpicon The Icon Handbook
Josh Clark
Magic and Technology
Hazards of Prophecy from Profiles of the Future by Arthur C. Clarke
Alan Kay’s 1982 seminar at Creative Think
Enchanted Objects by David Rose
Deeper insights into the 7th mass media channel (mobile) by Tomi Ahonen
In Search of Objects by Benedict Evans
The Muse of the Future Is Here by Robinson Meyer
Mobile and Sensor-Driven UI
Mobile First by Ben Thompson
Word Lens and Google Translate
Nappy Notifier by Huggies
Too Many Screens
Study: average daily smartphone use is over 3 hours
Study: attention drops if smartphone simply visible nearby
Way Out animated film
Understanding Apple Watch with Jen Simmons and Josh Clark
Magical interaction products/projects
Grab Magic
Happy Together
Neiman Marcus “Memory Mirror”; related CBS news story
Rebecca Minkoff interactive mirror
Dorothy Project
bt.tn and flic magic buttons
Snapshot by Progressive Insurance
Automatic
Propeller Health (formerly Asthmapolis)
ARES military sand table
“Smart Dumb Things” by Argo Design
Room/E by Frog Design
THAW by MIT’s Tangible Media Lab
ColorUp lamp
FotoSwipe
Vessyl and Colbert Report
Baidu’s smart chopsticks
pplkpr
Withings Activité
Mailchimp’s Six Monkeys project
SyFy Sync’s Sharknado experience and the similar Netflix Hue hack
Mega Stomp Battle
Amazon Dash Button
Designing for Pre-Attention
Wikipedia: pre-attentive processing
Smart Watches, Wearables, and That Nasty Data Rash by Josh Clark
The Human Element
How smart does your bed have to be, before you are afraid to go to sleep at night? by Rich Gold
Wikipedia: Mechanical Turk automaton chess player
#IoTH: The Internet of Things and Humans by Tim O'Reilly
Of Nerve and Imagination by Josh Clark
Services and resources
The challenge for web designers in 2015 (or how to cheat at the future) by Richard Pope. A great collection of emerging browser APIs.
IFTTT
Zapier
Too Many Screens
Study: average daily smartphone use is over 3 hours
Study: attention drops if smartphone simply visible nearby
Way Out animated film
Understanding Apple Watch with Jen Simmons and Josh Clark
Magical interaction products/projects
Grab Magic
Happy Together
Neiman Marcus “Memory Mirror”; related CBS news story
Rebecca Minkoff interactive mirror
Dorothy Project
bt.tn and flic magic buttons
Snapshot by Progressive Insurance
Automatic
Propeller Health (formerly Asthmapolis)
ARES military sand table
“Smart Dumb Things” by Argo Design
Room/E by Frog Design
THAW by MIT’s Tangible Media Lab
ColorUp lamp
FotoSwipe
Vessyl and Colbert Report
Baidu’s smart chopsticks
pplkpr
Withings Activité
Mailchimp’s Six Monkeys project
SyFy Sync’s Sharknado experience and the similar Netflix Hue hack
Mega Stomp Battle
Amazon Dash Button
Designing for Pre-Attention
Wikipedia: pre-attentive processing
Smart Watches, Wearables, and That Nasty Data Rash by Josh Clark
The Human Element
How smart does your bed have to be, before you are afraid to go to sleep at night? by Rich Gold
Wikipedia: Mechanical Turk automaton chess player
#IoTH: The Internet of Things and Humans by Tim O'Reilly
Of Nerve and Imagination by Josh Clark
Services and resources
The challenge for web designers in 2015 (or how to cheat at the future) by Richard Pope. A great collection of emerging browser APIs.
IFTTT
Zapier
Designing for Pre-Attention
Wikipedia: pre-attentive processing
Smart Watches, Wearables, and That Nasty Data Rash by Josh Clark
The Human Element
How smart does your bed have to be, before you are afraid to go to sleep at night? by Rich Gold
Wikipedia: Mechanical Turk automaton chess player
#IoTH: The Internet of Things and Humans by Tim O'Reilly
Of Nerve and Imagination by Josh Clark
Services and resources
The challenge for web designers in 2015 (or how to cheat at the future) by Richard Pope. A great collection of emerging browser APIs.
IFTTT
Zapier
Services and resources The challenge for web designers in 2015 (or how to cheat at the future) by Richard Pope. A great collection of emerging browser APIs. IFTTT Zapier
Also, you can totally get your very own magic-wand remote at The Wand Company.