Some interesting thoughts about phones

Nokia have hired a couple of guys at a usability institute to have a bit of a think about how they might come up with some interesting interfaces and how people might want to use their mobile devices.

There are 3 short videos that are worth looking at:
“Playfulness”,

1. Mobile Playfulness from Kevin Cannon on Vimeo.

“Staying Connected”,

2. Staying Connected from Kevin Cannon on Vimeo.

and “People Centric”

3. Little World from Kevin Cannon on Vimeo.

I can relate to all 3 - definitely a doodler and fiddler
(I bought this note book for my incessant doodling.


The last video reminds me of the Elvis website too

The Portable Photographer Experiment

Richard is running an interesting little experiment round our offices with a competition to submit interesting photo's - they can be of absolutely anything you like but - they have to have been taken on anything but a camera. so a web cam, mobile phone, etc but not a conventional camera.

http://portablephotographer.blogspot.com/

T-Mobile Flash Mob Ad

It seems flash mobbing is back - this time T-Mobile has shot an ad on Liverpool St Station yesterday and it will be online tonight at 9.10 on Channel 4 in the Big Brother show - and it's a recession busting 60 sec extravaganza.



There is also a site counting down to the time the ad will be simultaneously broadcast on TV and on a T Mobile branded You Tube Channel



It looks like the idea is based on 'life is good for sharing', T-Mobile is the conduit to sharing your life with others etc.

There are a number of videos showing the making of and public reactions to the dance - let's see how it goes down.