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Itsmewho we are and what we are
doing to innovate workstations by nikhil paul
nikhil.paul@itsme.it
209/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Who are we ?
No, Not action figures...and we are not on a star trek mission... But quite similar
309/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We are..Small Co designing and developing a new personal computer based on a new metaphor, “Stories and venues”.
Interdisciplinary team Scientific committee Advisory board Community
409/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Scenario…
Desktop is 30 year old and it shows!
509/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Scenario
The personal computer has been unable to cope up with the evolution of cyberspace
Desktop is 30 years old Web has grown in leaps and bounds Need for a more adequate system
609/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We propose..
A new personal computer based on a new metaphor of “stories and venues”
Our life interweaves a large number of stories Each story has its participants, events, objetcs. A Venue captures this story together with its participants
709/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
One venue for each story
We propose..
809/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We propose..
Information in front of you at your disposal
909/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We propose..
View information in space and time
1009/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We propose..
New way to organize and manage your information
1109/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
We propose..
New navigation modalities
1209/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Development process
Our process is continuously evolving and adapting itself to the feedback from the community
Design being integral Co-create value Boost open innovation
1309/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Target user
High value users, i.e., all those who have a great number of interactions with other people, manage and share info, live a great number of stories at the same time.
ProfessionalsManagersIntellectualsKnowledge workers
1409/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Itsme community
An active community of contributing users
Research (CSCW, KM, I.D) Open source Hi tech industry
1509/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Come design itsme with us
Event dedicated to concept evaluation
1609/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Other activities
Online focus groups Interactive webspace Intense workshops and seminars Interact through other web2.0 channels
1709/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Milestones
A 3 year development plan
Development of the front end (April 2008- April2010) Development of hardware (spring 2009- Autumn 2010)
Migration support system (autumn 2008- autumn 2010)
1809/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations
Lets converse..
09/03/09 Who we are and what we are doing to innovate workstations