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talesfromthecybersalon

·Mar 21, 2021

Meals 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…

Caregiving

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Caregiving

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Jul 3, 2020

SNAIL 3.4

As 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…

Fiction

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SNAIL 3.4
SNAIL 3.4
Fiction

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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…

Hackathons

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“Usable also in non-crisis situations” — Wie Teilnehmer des WirvsVirus Hackathons die Corona Krise…
“Usable also in non-crisis situations” — Wie Teilnehmer des WirvsVirus Hackathons die Corona Krise…
Hackathons

13 min read


Apr 19, 2020

Naughty Twiddlemuffs

I 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…

Design

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Naughty Twiddlemuffs
Naughty Twiddlemuffs
Design

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Jan 11, 2020

Flower 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 Learning

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Flower day
Flower day
Machine Learning

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UCLIC

·Dec 9, 2019

Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future

This 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 Fiction

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Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future
Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future
Design Fiction

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Prototypr

·Dec 9, 2019

Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future

This 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 Fiction

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Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future
Design Fiction Probes — Interrogating Technologies of the Future
Design Fiction

6 min read


Nov 22, 2019

The 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 Fiction

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Flash Fiction

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Nov 15, 2019

Make it so — on why and when design fiction might be the tool for you

I 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 Fiction

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Design Fiction

4 min read


Oct 31, 2019

The 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 Story

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The Vampyre (they/them)
The Vampyre (they/them)
Short Story

3 min read

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