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Amazon's underwhelming futurism (and findings) - Weeknote 2019/14
Amazon is not the kind of company that makes a big fanfare (read Apple) when releasing something new*, so they tend to underwhelm when they announce a new product.
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The underground epoch of local fabrication, bad AI, misjudged AI and peel cups - Weeknote 2019/13
3-D Printers Could Help Spread Weapons of Mass Destruction. Until I read this article last week, I didn’t think about personal fabrication since a while.
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A Mountaineering metaphor for designing and inventing, AI certifications, a sleek remote and an AI game - Weeknote 2019/12
I was familiar with Don Norman and Roberto Verganti shared argument on design & innovation. In a nutshell: Human Centred Design is great for improving existing products but it doesn’t work for inventing new ones (I agree, and have my take on that).
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Ars Electronica. Three headlines and four highlights - Weeknote 2019/11
Notes from my visit to Ars Electronica. Collected strolling in that multi-cultural cyberpunk mini-sprawl that is the Postcity, the huge building where most of the works are exhibited and events take place (for the last time this year), and from other locations around Linz.
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Stubborn AI, humble AI - Weeknote 2019/10
Catching up with some readings on AI and design, I’ve re-read Fabien Girardin’s great When Automation Bites Back.
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