Experience Manifesto

PSFK Conference New York 2009 - THIS PLATFORM CALLED EVERYDAY LIFE

Kevin opened his presentation talking about a woman who is married to the Berlin Wall and believes that all objects are living beings and have a soul. Interesting take about Webkinz and how things we live in two realms, the real & the virtual and where objects demand respect. Showing a project called Botanicalls , where your plants can call you when they need water. Or Nike+, where your sneakers are also part of the network and they can communicate with you. Or a ball that knows who's catching it, how long it's been in the air, etc. Talking about the Kogi taco truck out in LA which has been a huge hit! They send out a tweet to let you know where they are.

Kevin always really brings great examples like:

The Kim Possible game that you play at EPCOT Center, where you control the environment as you play the game through a cell phone.

513-381-JERK, a number in a stadium that you can text to when someone is a jerk, a whole company build around this.

Jryi Engestrom - social objects, people congregate about objects online, like photos, what happens when real objects do that?

Another good session. Looking forward to having the chance to work with Kevin in the future!

TALK: THIS PLATFORM CALLED EVERYDAY LIFE Like wildlife, viruses, and gold, mobile technologies don't recognize boundaries - least of all the ones we're using to distinguish "digital" from "real". Kevin Slavin (Area/Code) reveals the latest trends driven by mobile technology.

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PSFK Conference New York - BUILDING HEALTHY BRANDS WITH HEART

Although I don't have many notes, this was really a good session about some of the small changes these two companies are making. I really like the simplicity that they're both applying to the healthcare industries. Well worth looking into Hello Health and Help Remedies.

PANEL: BUILDING HEALTHY BRANDS WITH HEART How do you change the status quo in industries with powerful incumbents? Two emerging New York-based brands seek to alter the way we think about medicine -- from routine doctor's visits to first-aid. Colin Nagy (PSFK/Attention) speaks with Richard Fine (Help Remedies) and Jay Parkinson & Sean Khozin (Hello Health) to discuss the vision for their respective brands, as well as their insights on the healthcare industry as a whole. 

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PSFK Conference New York - WHEN IDEAS CREATE GOOD

Graham is doing his presentation in a very interesting way, pecha kucha, 20 slides in 20 seconds each. First section will be about people. Ok, almost impossible to keep up! Graham will be posting his presentation on treehugger.com, so I'll link to it when it's up.

Ben Jones, what ever's he selling, Graham's buying.

Just showed people who did the 100 mile diet, they only ate food that was grown within 100 miles of where they live.

The extremists. Chaining yourself to trees, etc., is extreme, but they allow us to look normal.

Stuff

Fishcards

Vertical farms

Demountable stair, very cool!

Bike sharing programs

Ultra Capicitors

$10 timers

Robot driven, big kites for large boats

Foldschool, downloadable furniture designs

Bio-mimicry, looking to nature to solve our own problems

A variety of wind turbine systems

Electric composter

A composting toilet

Walls made from sandbags

Powerizers, cool stilt-like things

Concepts

Zipcars, take products and turn them into services

Skype water cooler thing

Wow, just told us how many gallons it takes to make a 10 oz steak, like 900 gallons!

Think small. Everything should be smaller

Anything that's going to last must be loved by generations

Use space effeciently + own less stuff

Interesting stats on how little we actually use space

We need to bring back repairing things

Lots of very good information about how to create a more sustainable planet

TALK: WHEN IDEAS CREATE GOOD While many of us are determined to make better products, services and experiences there are many challenges and potential pitfalls along the way. Graham Hill (TreeHugger) will share the best, high-impact green products and services available today, and what we can learn from their unique stories of development.

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