http://panelpicker.sxsw.com/ideas/view/3747

Organizer:
Cameron Friedlander, Designkitchen
Description:
Traditional forms of finding, sorting, viewing information, catalogs and large data sets still embrace the classic idea of the desktop metaphor. As pervasive computing becomes common place a new set of potential metaphors need to be identified to replace the traditional ones that are holding our design patterns back.
Questions
Answered:

1. What is the desktop metaphor; literal and figurative?
2. What are the traditional models for the desktop?
3. How was information perceived and stored?
4. How have the devices and technologies changed?
5. What is pervasive/ubiquitous computing?
6. How have our interfaces changed?
7. How has real-time information affected our metaphors?
8. What technologies are redefining the metaphor?
9. What are the new metaphor examples?
10. What can we expect?

Level:
Intermediate
Category:
Mobile / Wireless
Type:
Panel
Event:
Interactive 2010