Yesterday I watched two insightful and thought-provoking TED Talks with experience design themes.

The first is Stefana Broadbent’s “How the Internet Enables Intimacy”. She presents meaningful commentary on the reality of how internet tools are used in a social, and intimate fashion. And I think her findings might surprise you.

The second is Pranav Mistry’s presentation on how he’s been trying to more directly connect the digital and analog worlds. His SixthSense technology is awesome, but what I hadn’t realized was how important it was for him to figure out how to do this at low cost. It’s reminiscent of Johnny Lee’s work with the Wiimote—figuring out how to use what’s readily available to enable awesome new interactive capabilities.