Published intalesfromthecybersalon·Mar 21, 2021Meals on Wheels„Hello?” … “Oh, hi Ben, so good to hear from you! How is that husband of yours doing?” … “Really? That is great, he deserved that.” … “Yeah, we are doing ok here as well, thanks for asking”. … “Sure, I have time to chat. You might want to grab…Caregiving5 min readCaregiving5 min read
Jul 3, 2020SNAIL 3.4As part of the “Technology in the Home” project, organised by the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction at Bauhaus University, Weimar, I led a session in which the students used speculation to explore the grey area between autonomy and control in regards to home automation this term. Within this fruitful session…Fiction5 min readFiction5 min read
Jun 5, 2020“Usable also in non-crisis situations” — Wie Teilnehmer des WirvsVirus Hackathons die Corona Krise definieren“Wie können wir als Gesellschaft die Herausforderungen, die im Zuge der Corona Krise entstehen, mit neuen Lösungen gemeinsam meistern?” Diese Frage stellte der WirvsVirus Hackathon der Bundesregierung Ende März 2020. In diesem Artikel gehen wir der Frage nach, wie diese Herausforderungen von den Teilnehmern verstanden wurden und welche Lösungen sie…Hackathons13 min readHackathons13 min read
Apr 19, 2020Naughty TwiddlemuffsI have told a couple of people in my life about twiddlemuffs. At first a lot laugh — and so I learned what the word could potentially mean — but when I get to explain it most people get it. Twiddlemuffs are basically muffs, i.e. handwarmers, but they have added…Design4 min readDesign4 min read
Jan 11, 2020Flower day“Is this too much?” he asked and held another flower up to his face. “Can it ever be enough?” they replied and passed on the bottle with make up glue. He thought his face was covered with enough flowers to trick the machines, but why not add more for good…Machine Learning3 min readMachine Learning3 min read
Published inUCLIC·Dec 9, 2019Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the FutureThis post is based on two papers on design fiction probes, featuring the two artefacts “Homes for Life”, written Britta F. Schulte (UCLIC), Paul Marshall (UCLIC) and Anna Cox (UCLIC), presented at NordiCHI 2016 (published in the ACM Digital Library / open access pre-print here) & “HawkEye”, written by Renee…Design Fiction5 min readDesign Fiction5 min read
Published inPrototypr·Dec 9, 2019Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the FutureThis post is based on two papers on design fiction probes, featuring the two artefacts “Homes for Life”, written by Britta F. Schulte, Paul Marshall and Anna Cox, presented at NordiCHI 2016 (published in the ACM Digital Library / open access pre-print here) & “HawkEye”, written by Renee Noortman and…Design Fiction6 min readDesign Fiction6 min read
Nov 22, 2019The Conference“Oh well, humans, am I right?” the goblin said and spat out crumbs of the heavy pastry as he started laughing. The fairy and the vampire that stood next to them at the coffee table smiled politely at the remark, while scanning the room for people they knew. During the…Flash Fiction2 min readFlash Fiction2 min read
Nov 15, 2019Make it so — on why and when design fiction might be the tool for youI had a couple of conversations recently on why the heck one might go and use design fiction. Oh, and I did a PhD project on design fiction in HCI as a method. So, I think and talk about design fiction quite a bit. One common critique I encounter is…Design Fiction4 min readDesign Fiction4 min read
Oct 31, 2019The Vampyre (they/them)I am sure I am going to drown in her … his … aaargh, their eyes. Why is this so darn hard to remember? This conversation is not going the way I thought it would be. I did not even want to be here. I mean, vampyres… Huh … Who…Short Story3 min readShort Story3 min read
