Persuasive2008 day 2
June 5th, 2008
Day two at persuasive technology
It’s day two at the The Persuasive 2008 conference and its starting out really well.
General conference chair Harri Oinas-Kukkonen is watching some of the many posters that have been on the conference.

The days keynote is really exciting Virpi Roto (Principal Scientist Nokia Research Center) is giving a great keynote.

She is for instance making a clear differentiation between Usability (optimal functional ease of use) which we can measure versus User Experience which is subjective.

Virpi Roto managed to make the whole auditorium silent, and people were just taking pictures of her slides (like the two below).
Different emotions during interactions are not equally important
-Virpi Roto

User Experience is the attitude towards the product. It its the key to get people loyal to our devices.
-Virpi Roto
Virpi also introduced the “dream of brand building” as seen below. Total brand dedication that people get a tattoo:

She went on to state that although Nokia is the world 5′TH most valued brand, she has never seen a Nokia tatoo.
Another key point Virpi made was the need for clear metrix
You need to be able to measure [UX] – if you cannot measure you will be miserable
-Virpi Roto
H.R. Giger’s creatures in ’80s Pioneer ads
January 24th, 2008
Comming soon more reasons to shop
May 1st, 2007

You got to admire Sears boldness =)
Real clever enhanced TV ads
January 7th, 2007
Wendys an American fast food burger franchise has taken tv ads to the next level using a new ground breaking strategy – they prepare several tv ads so the actual one that makes it is context aware.

If the football game is boring, the raccoons will comment on how boring the game is and what a miss by the wide receiver etc.
That is simply brilliant it ties directly into the way we watch television. We talk during the ad’s so why not make ads that join the natural conversation.
more @ nytimes.com/ but no video (they could not recreate the context anyway).
Blow in her face and she will follow you anywhere :D
August 6th, 2006
Wow – I need to get some of those cigarettes and take up smoking (*again*).










