Conversations are our conscious and deliberate bridge to other people. Verbal communication is arguably the richest and most meaningful form of communication that we engage in. Who we think we are is both betrayed and defined by the things we say in conversation, whether that conversation is with someone we're close to or someone we don't know. Using our conversations as content, I'm developing a project that will help us reflect on who we think we are and on the nature of our relationships with other people.
Mobile Cut-ups is an application for cell phones that records our conversations, cuts them up into their component statements, questions and utterances, and re-arranges them to form a new conversation. The de-contextualization and re-juxtaposition of the content of our conversations is intended to challenge our memory and perception of that conversation and, ultimately, to make us think about who we think we are as indicated by what we say, when we say it, and how we say it.
role: concept, interaction design, technical architecture, prototype development
Fermata is an auditory calendar application intended primarily for the visually-impaired. Designed to run on personal computers, cellphones and PDA's, it employs a simple, menu-driven and auditory interface. Fermata was awarded Best Design Concept at Microsoft Research Design Expo 2005 ... more
BLUEWAY with Robert Faludi, Myra Einstein and Arly Ross
BlueWay is a dynamic signage system that provides users with a way to track the presence and location of other BlueWay users in a complex space. Originally conceived and designed as a wayfinding system for Pennsylvania Station in New York City, BlueWay utilizes a technology that most people already carry with them--cellphones--to provide real-time information about their presence and location as well as the presence and location of people, products, and services that they wish to find ... more
role: concept, interaction design
NEW YORK EVENTS FINDER
The New York Events Finder is an SMS-based service for finding entertainment and cultural events in each of New York City's five boroughs. Using content from Upcoming.org, the service enables user to text, for example, "comedy" to "mnhtn@davidyates.com" to receive an SMS reply with the next 3 comedy events occuring in Manhattan along with time & location details (the Mobile Events Finder service is currently disabled).
role: concept, interaction design, technical architecture, application development
SUNGLASS HUT MOBILE STORE LOCATOR
Currently under construction. The Sunglass Hut Mobile Store Locator will enable users to easily find the nearest Sunglass Hut retail location with a mobile device.
Urballoon Mobile enables mobile device users to post and retrieve Urballoon content and gives users a chance to engage in a dialogue with content authors (Urballoon Mobile is currently disabled).
role: concept, interaction design, technical architecture, application development
NIKE ZOOM FOR IPHONE
Currently under construction. For those users visiting the site on Apple's iPhone, we wanted to optimize the experience by taking advantage of the iPhone's unique content display and navigation capabilities.
role: interaction design
NIKE BASKETBALL FOR IPHONE
Currently under construction. For those users visiting the site on Apple's iPhone, we wanted to optimize the experience by taking advantage of the iPhone's unique content display and navigation capabilities.
