Big commutes, big trains, big data
By Adam Tinworth
One UK train operating company is taking tiny steps towards using the big data volumes generated by complaining commuters…
Is entertainment a trojan horse for the digital home?
By Adam Tinworth
Google’s Nexus Q streaming media device is its second bid for a foothold in our living rooms. But is it also a warning of a locked-down digital home?
Can we really measure digital influence?
By Adam Tinworth
Controversy is floating around systems for measuring online influence after a peer showing by Klout at Le Web London. Is there a real future for these tools?
AKQA at NEXT Berlin 2012
Ajaz Ahmed, AKQA
James Hilton, AKQA
The founders of the international agency AKQA Ajaz Ahmed and James Hillton are not only charming, but also very inspiring. At NEXT Berlin 2012 they presented their formula for being successful in a world gone digital: ‘Velocity’.
Surface: Microsoft fights for a digital future
By Adam Tinworth
Microsoft’s Surface tablet may be the single most important initiative for the company’s future. It has to win the battle for enterprise tablets.
Jens Garberding – How UI Design Can Help Managing Chaos
Jens Garberding, Microsoft Deutschland
Not long ago, our digital desktops looked like a simple digitisation of our analog desks. Today GUIs use a “metro-style design language”, which is universally understandable and stripped off unnecessary information, Jens Garberding explains in his talk at NEXT Berlin 2012.
Isaac Wolkerstorfer – All You Need Is Love
Isaac Wolkerstorfer, 6Wunderkinder
The message Isaac Wolkerstorfer brings across in his talk at NEXT Berlin 2012 describes a future trend not only for programming, but for every kind of creative work: love driven development.
Philipp Moeser – Woogaʼs Declaration of Independence: Everything scales
Philipp Moeser, Wooga
There are many approaches to developing software. One of them is the Agile concept, which Philipp Moeser, CTO at Wooga, explained at NEXT Berlin 2012. He also talked about the implications it has when implemented in a company.
Malte Ubl – Programming; Explained.
Malte Ubl, Google
For Malte Ubl, programming is a hobby for which you can even get paid. In his talk at NEXT Berlin 2012 he gave the audience a better understanding of why he considers programming that way and how you can get started yourself.
Xyologic – App Store Analytics
Matthäus Krzykowski, Xyologic
Xyologic is a search engine for apps – going beyond the search on the Android Market or iTunes. Matthäus Krzykowski explains Xyologic’s mission and why he employs mostly Eastern European staff.
OZON – Russia’s Largest Online Retailer
Maelle Gavet, OZON
OZON is Russia’s biggest online retailer – so its CEO Maelle Gavet is not just “Looking East”, but is already successfully running her business there. Knowing the Russian market very well, she gives us very intersting insights.
Resonate – Platform for Art and Technology
Filip Visnjic, Creative Applications Network
Filip Visnjic is editor-in-chief of CAN, architect, teacher and organiser of the Resonate festival. He explains why Eastern Europe is the perfect place for this kind of festival.
How Men And Robots Will Cooperate
Elias Knubben, Festo
Alexander Hildebrandt, Festo
Even though it is impossible to imagine industrial production without robots, the interaction of humans and factory robots has been quite difficult – at least up until now. At NEXT Berlin 2012 Elias Knubben und Alexander Hildebrandt presented the latest developments in robotics.
Morphing: The People’s Car Project
Georg Warga, Goodstein & Partners
Sven John, GREENKERN
Of course, knowing the desires and needs of your stakeholders is the basis for developing successful products and services. In China, Volkswagen therefore used an open innovation approach: ‘The People’s Car Project’.
Eyes Free: Apple’s drive to claim the car
By Adam Tinworth
While we’ve all been looking for signs of Apple’s move into TVs, it’s been stealthily claiming our cars…
Alexander Shapiro – Chinese Women Over 30: What makes them tick and click?
Alexander Shapiro, DMG
China’s economy is not only one of the largest in the world, but also one of the fastest growing. At NEXT Berlin 2012 Alexander Shapiro explained why this development was accompanied by fundamental changes in terms of consumption and internet usage.
Will Sansom – People Power: From Social Marketing to Social Business
Will Sansom, Contagious Magazine
Social Media has been used as a marketing tool for quite a while now, but maybe not the right way. At NEXT Berlin 2012 Will Sansom explained that many brands use social media like a broadcasting channel – which obviously does not exploit their full potential.
NEXT Week: Apple announces…?
By Adam Tinworth
The great Apple engine of consumer technology is grinding its way towards TV. Will this be the week it changes everything?
Wandering the Web with a Weavr
By Adam Tinworth
At NEXT, David Bausola talked about the Weavrs, intelligent bots that roam the web. I created one and set it going…
Soundcloud – Share Your Sound
David Noël, Soundcloud
David Noël explains what Soundcloud’s mission is: to “unmute the web”.
Amen!
Felix Petersen, Amen
Felix Petersen introduces his Berlin startup Amen, an app allowing you to easily share your opinion with others.
Gidsy – A Marketplace For Things To Do
Edial Dekker, Gidsy
Gidsy is a peer-to-peer marketplace for things to do. In this presentation co-founder and CEO Edial Dekker explains the idea behind.
Makielab gets funded
By Adam Tinworth
Makielab, whose co-founder Alice Taylor spoke at NEXT this year, has been funded to the tune of $1.4million
Kate Hartman – On The Body
Kate Hartman, OCAD University, ITP Camp
Kate Hartman describes her work as “body-centric”: She explores how technology and wearable objects like jewelry or clothes can be combined allowing our bodies to communicate. In her keynote speech at NEXT Berlin, she presented several interesting projects on that topic.