Antoine RJ Wright

I’ve been very impressed with Apple’s softly-softly approach to AR hardware. Airpods are IMO the first successful AR hardware product. I usually get blank looks when I state this, but they solve 2 critical problems for AR Glasses. They enable voice input/output for a natural mode of interaction (plus basic touch/tap). They also let us “augment” our surroundings with sound, a simple example would be the audio guides at every museum. This is audio AR. I’ve taken to wearing mine continously while out & about. In restaurants & bars etc. No one cares, n…

I see Design problems being solved by evolving Apple’s wearable products (watch, airpods, non-ARKit glasses… and HomePod to a degree) into a “constellation” of products that all work seamlessly together.

…ive dissatisfaction.” In the end, Shannon’s account of genius was a refreshingly unsentimental one: A genius is simply someone who is usefully irritated. And that useful irritation doesn’t come until, somewhere in the midst of the work, you stumble onto…

As a result, I’ve come around to a more nuanced view of productivity: that of a tenuous balance between friction and focus. “Friction” is the necessary turning of knobs on my tools in order to do work. “Focus” is the intentional ommission of knobs from tools to foster clear thinking. Any knowledge worker must balance their own creative action with thoughtful attention, and every software interface crystallizes an attempt at striking such a balance.

This time it was, “Don’t let process distract you from finding the strategy.”

Where Computing Is Invisible (Or, Rise of the Ad-Borg) [Antoine RJ Wright]: a new story from one of our contributors on his experience after wearing multiple wearables for extended periods of time.

…sing its edge as we move into the information age. My exposure to the pioneering work of DARPA, the ingenuity of edtech startups such Kidaptive, and more recently Method’s collaboration with Pearson, has been the opportunity to explore the design implications of new learning approaches.

Product Management: people are starting to value what this role does, but still widely misunderstood. Long-term thinking is one, curiosity is the other.

In total, our world over the next two decades will look less like the prior two not because you see more technology, but rather because you see less. Invisible computing as pervasive as smart dust. It’s all around you, everywhere, helping plants become more efficient at chewing through Carbon Dio…