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Itsmewho we are and what we are

doing to innovate workstations by nikhil paul

nikhil.paul@itsme.it

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Who are we ?

No, Not action figures...and we are not on a star trek mission... But quite similar

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We are..Small Co designing and developing a new personal computer based on a new metaphor, “Stories and venues”.

Interdisciplinary team Scientific committee Advisory board Community

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Scenario…

Desktop is 30 year old and it shows!

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Scenario

The personal computer has been unable to cope up with the evolution of cyberspace

Desktop is 30 years old Web has grown in leaps and bounds Need for a more adequate system

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We propose..

A new personal computer based on a new metaphor of “stories and venues”

Our life interweaves a large number of stories Each story has its participants, events, objetcs. A Venue captures this story together with its participants

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One venue for each story

We propose..

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We propose..

Information in front of you at your disposal

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We propose..

View information in space and time

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We propose..

New way to organize and manage your information

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We propose..

New navigation modalities

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Development process

Our process is continuously evolving and adapting itself to the feedback from the community

Design being integral Co-create value Boost open innovation

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Target user

High value users, i.e., all those who have a great number of interactions with other people, manage and share info, live a great number of stories at the same time.

ProfessionalsManagersIntellectualsKnowledge workers

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Itsme community

An active community of contributing users

Research (CSCW, KM, I.D) Open source Hi tech industry

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Come design itsme with us

Event dedicated to concept evaluation

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Other activities

Online focus groups Interactive webspace Intense workshops and seminars Interact through other web2.0 channels

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Milestones

A 3 year development plan

Development of the front end (April 2008- April2010) Development of hardware (spring 2009- Autumn 2010)

Migration support system (autumn 2008- autumn 2010)

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Lets converse..

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