Post on 22-Jan-2017
ALL THESE MOMENTS WILL BE LOST IN TIME
Sally Jenkinson, (R)evolution, 25.09.2015 @sjenkinson | sally@recordssoundthesame.com
the web, the future, and us
sally@recordssoundthesame.com | @sjenkinson
Digital solutions architect & consultant Records Sound the Same Ltd
Sally Jenkinson
DEVELOPER DEVELOPER, MANAGER
DEVELOPER, MANAGER, ARCHITECT
MANAGER, ARCHITECT, SALES, CONSULTANT 😒
DESIGNER!
DISCOVERY
REQUIREMENTS
SOLUTIONS RECOMMENDATION & ARCHITECTURE
TECHNICAL STRATEGY
PROCESS IMPROVEMENTS
CONSULTANCY
I worked on a project for SSEaaaaaaaa, , looking at digital solution architect , so
that we could do some digital and something for the next 5 to 10 years.
teslamotors.com/blog/hyperloop
“Short of figuring out real teleportation, which would of course be awesome (someone please do this), the only option for super fast travel is to build a tube over or under the ground that contains a special environment. !
This is where things get tricky.
Make It So
“We’ve seen repeatedly that if an interface works for an audience, there’s something there that will work for users. !
Finding what that thing is and using it for inspiration in our own work is part of how we can use these speculative interfaces.
nesta.org.uk• Imagining Technology
• Better Made Up - The Mutual Influence of Science Fiction and Innovation
• Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow: A modest defence of futurology
• Quantitative Analysis of Technology Futures
Better consider our users’ changing needs.
Identify opportunities.
Aid prioritisation.
Define what the product is and what it will be.
More robust decisions - understand limitations and benefits of choices.
React quickly/better to change by embracing evolution.
Make more exciting things!
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
User interfaces & interactions
Feature-based components & integrations
Core digital platform components
Core back-end systems
Discovery & planning
Content first Separate content from display Small to large Prioritisation Backlog &
roadmap
Problems now & of the future
Usage patterns, interactions, behaviour
Embrace wider trends
Learn from the past
Don’t be bound by form
Create a set of high level principles for the future
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Discovery & planning
Content first Separate content from display Small to large Prioritisation Backlog &
roadmap
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Problems now & of the future
Usage patterns, interactions, behaviour
Embrace wider trends
Learn from the past
Don’t be bound by form
Create a set of high level principles for the future
A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam
!
- Frederik Pohl
Doing
Embrace web standards, semantics, open formats
Responsive design & progressive enhancement
Create incrementally, release often
Track & manage change Think atomically
Allocate time to improve the past and the future
Stories and design thinking (workshops)
Lifespan of project components
Separation, modularity, loosely-coupled architectures and services
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Embrace automation Document decisions Prototype & test
Evolving
Share your experiences
Specs & upcoming technologies Use your data
Better digital preservation Play more
gist.github.com/greywillfade/366394a1bef07afe27f5
Watch more sci-fi!
@sjenkinson | sally@recordssoundthesame.com | recordssoundthesame.com
THANK YOU.
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