ESPOO, Finland – I apologize for not getting back to my semi-regular list of interesting links out there. I know that you folks like getting connected to new stories and to find out what are the things that interest us here at Nokia Conversations. Nonetheless, we’re still bookmarking and selecting favorites in the various services we use.
But today I decided to empty out my latest queue of links, so read on to be enlightened.
GLOBAL – Morph managed to capture the imaginations of so many us when it was first unveiled as a concept device back in March 2008, showcased at the The Museum of Modern Art “Design and The Elastic Mind” exhibition. By boldly waving a red rag of future mobile possibilities in front of our eyes and we collectively rushed towards it intensely intrigued.
It was a glimpse at a future, and not necessarily the future, nonetheless, looking forward inspired reaction, contemplation and an air of positivity and promise.
Something we reckon that is worth championing.
LONDON, England – We got our first snow of the winter at the weekend, despite the fact that technically we’re still in Autumn (cue annual debate about seasons). This is interesting only because of what happened to me when I got into my car. Early on Sunday morning, it was 1 degree centigrade. Not cold by Finnish standards, but chilly enough for the middle of November in London. What happened next surprised me, and also made me think.
ESPOO, Finland – My article on the bangs and bumps of a mobile phone got a few comments and posts. AdamF, of course has the best story, though it is a friend of a friend kind:
ESPOO, Finland – If there is one constant in this whacky tech industry, it’s that products get faster and better. Every so often, I get a good glimpse at our future portfolio, and comparing it with the advances we’ve had in the past years, this constant holds.
ESPOO, Finland - Nokia Research Center’’s chief visionary, Leo Kärkkäinen, summed up the chief, erm, reckons his job is about ‘finding the seeds of the future in the present’ and ’searching for trends that’ll affect billions, but are barely visible now’. Sounds sensible, but some of his visions for the future are pretty out there.
JEJU, Korea – Off the back of One Web Day, me and the rest of the Conversations team posted our experiences of the Internet and where we imagine things heading. The future of the Internet and how we interact with it is a hot topic at the moment, and we’re far from the only ones considering this…
LONDON, England ‚Äì Nokia’s customer base consists of one billion customers. That’s about one sixth of humanity, according to a story in The Guardian. What better place to start when it comes to testing and evolving product concepts? Nokia already invests significant amounts in understanding its customers, but it’s projects like Morph which get instant reaction.
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