Now that genAI remembers so well, I’d like a bit of forgetfulness
When I started using genAI tools like ChatGPT (whom I call Geoffrey), the tools could not remember what was said earlier in the thread of a conversation. Of cou...
Tag: design
What’s the fascination with humanoid robots?
I was reading an interesting article on the fusion of robots and LLMs (see link below). One concept in the article that caught my attention was ’embodied ...
Are all GenAI buttons magic fairy dust?
I now have apps everywhere asking me to click a button to use GenAI to do the things I can do myself. So I sorta ignore them. But last night I saw a Samsung ad ...
What do you think of Humane’s AI-powered wearable?
It’s a gadget designed for interacting with large language models, not apps, and for talking instead of typing. But it’s not yet entirely clear what you’re supp...
When the myth of the visionary founder flounders: push back!
Tesla has announced it’s phasing out its cars’ use of ultrasonic sensors (USS) to sense objects in the world around them. It’s part of the company’s shift towar...
Nike’s usability failure on the Apple Watch exposes what smartwatches could be
One of the chief reasons I bought an Apple Watch was for Nike Run Club (what used to be called Nike+).[1] But the Nike software’s bugginess and some misse...
Fidgeting with phones
With all the craziness around fidget spinners, I just wanted to point out that back in the day, we used to talk about the ability to fondle Nokia phone. We felt...
Where were you 10 years ago today?
On Jan 9th, 2007, I was in London, at the IDEO offices, sitting in one of their conference rooms with a bunch of Nokians and IDEO-ans. I do not recall if we wer...
Fitbit buying Pebble will NOT help it crack the code on smartwatches
For some reason, discussions of smartwatches make me twitch. Maybe it’s because I got my first smartwatch over 10 years ago.* Maybe it’s because I&#...
Loving the Moves App
For the last few months, I have a wee app on my phone that works in the background to track my activity. Called “Moves,” it presents a pretty and easy to use in...