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  Tim Johnsen

  

  Uncanny Valley

  nplusonemag.com - The Editors

  Morale is down. We are making plenty of money, but the office is teeming with salespeople: well-groomed social animals with good posture and dress …

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  Tim Johnsen

  

  Øredev 2014 - Chris Noessel - Keynote: DECONSTRUCTING HER

  vimeo.com - Øredev Conference

  Christopher Noessel is keeper of the blog scifiinterfaces.com, and co-author of a book from the same project, Make It So: Interaction Design Lessons from Science Fiction (Rosenfeld Media 2012). On his site he publishes deep analyses and critiques of interfaces seen in science fiction films and television. For Øredev’s Man Love Machine theme, Noessel will deconstruct one of the most compelling and yet flawed technologies seen in recent sci-fi cinema: The eponymous OS1 in Spike Jonze’ Her. He’ll walk step by step through the narrative in which Theodore Twombly uses and falls in love with Samantha, an artificial intelligence sold as an operating system. In analyzing OS1 as an interface, interactions, a wearable computer, and a service, we’ll see how Jonze’s vision illustrates the edges of a design problem for the future of artificial intelligence, as well as the existential problems of falling in love with a machine. Finally, Noessel will conclude by talking about the future of technologists, designers, and lovers in a world where artificial intelligence exists.

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  Tim Johnsen

  

  To Men I Love, About Men Who Scare Me

  Medium - Laura Munoz

  I got a promotion a few days ago, so I decided to stop for a drink on my way home- just me and my sense of accomplishment. I ended up alone in a bar, …

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  Tim Johnsen

  

  Still Rendering

  Medium - Erin Lee Carr

  My dad sent me 1,936 emails between 2008 and 2015. Most were brief and business-oriented, even when the business was pleasure: “got tix for you, …

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  Tim Johnsen

  

  Check Out This Long-Lost Video of Steve Jobs Unveiling NeXT

  Fast Company - By Michael Grothaus

  Footage was thought lost until researchers discovered it while making the “Steve Jobs” film. Steve Jobs is remembered for accomplishing so many things: the creation of the Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, and Apple itself. Yet the man who has an almost mythical stature in the tech industry had his fair …

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  Tim Johnsen

  

  

  Chaotic Beautiful Snowflakes

  Medium - rands

  You arrive at work. You sit down at your desk and you scan your inbox for potential disasters. Two mails pique your interest. You write brief …