I’ve always thought serendipity is important — something that I’m not sure I’d normally even bother to mention. But a couple recent things have made me want to not only build more experiences that support increased serendipity, but find ways in get more of it in my life, too. Ethan Zuckerman’s CHI keynote “Desperately Seeking Serendipity” is so full of interesting ideas that I’m having trouble getting it out of my mind. He’s taken his…
 
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It’s kinda crazy – but kinda cool, too. The premise: as technology gets smaller and smaller it gets harder for us to interact with the devices. The solution: use our bodies as input devices! Chris Harrison’s research project, Skinput, to be published at CHI 2010, is fascinating. It’s fun to imagine what this might be like in a few years as technology advances, maybe combined with some sort of augmented reality tech… (Source ignore the…
 
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