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Interview at Singularity
I had almost forgot about the fun time I had being interviewed by Lisa Kay Solomon at Singularity earlier this year but it's finally hit the Net: http://singularityhub.com/2017/11/28/design-takes-tech-from-useful-to-irresistible-and-it-can-be-learned
Make it So in Paris
My talk at the d.school Paris' D.EVENT conference this past Summer on how science fiction is one of the ways we use creativity to think about the future. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1gYjtIzKhU
Blockchain bots: Why we need a decentralised and open AI future
My article in the International Business Times... Blockchain bots: Why we need a decentralised and open AI future Nathan Shedroff is Executive Director at Seed Vault Ltd By Nathan Shedroff November 14, 2017 12:02 GMT Today, if you want to engage with Artificial...
CUIs Throughout History
This is a selection of Conversational User Interfaces I've pulled-together to talk about the history of natural interfaces and the lessons we might learn for CUIs in the future.
Everything Grows From SEED
For the past 6 months, I've been working on a fascinating and exciting new project. I've dipped more than my toes into the digital currency world, I've dived in and started swimming around. We just launched a digital currency initiative called SEED intending to build...
Business Today Needs Deanna Troi
When Paramount debuted Star Trek: The Next Generation in 1987, it included not only new characters but new roles for those who commanded Starfleet ships. Among the most original was the character of Deanna Troi, ship’s “counselor.” Many, including the writers for the...
Aspen Design Conference 1981
I just found this poster online and it reminded me that my design journey really started at this conference in the Colorado Rookies in 1981. I hadn't heard of the conference but I went on the recommendation of our family friend, Karen Laubhan (who had attended a few...
Teaching Sustainability
Last week, I participated in a webcast for Sustainable Minds on using their tool for teaching and, non general, how we teach sustainability to our students. Creating Knowledge Workers for the Greener Product Marketplace, Part 12: Creative innovation educators...
IKEA Instructions Proposal
Way back in 1998, I and a three others at TheUnderstandingBuinsess worked on a quick proposal to IKEA to redesign their assembly instructions (just imagine if they had taken us up on the idea!). To send it to the corporate office in Sweden we designed the entire...
It’s the Relationship, Stupid!
I don't post on Medium very often (or here, for that matter), but when I have something to say... https://medium.com/@nathanshedroff/its-the-relationship-stupid-a1863a70f6d6#.7mre9fq4u