Do people really want or expect information to make them happy? As designers and architects, can we actually architect happiness or is it something else? With the tidal wave of the Internet of Things and sensors monitoring our every move, it’s never been more important to connect information and experiences. It’s about empowering people to do whatever they need to do and move on. In this talk, I’ll show you how we need to aim for confidence over happiness but the devil (& delight) is in the details.

1. Joyful Error Messages
& Other Musings on Eliciting Emotion in Our Digital Life

2. Good
morning!

3. Can errors be joyful?

4. What’s coming?

5. Beware
of crossing
channels

6. Yes! It’s your
lucky day

7. The voice of
robots

8. Open the senses

9. The devil’s in the details

10. Nicole Capuana
@ncapuana
Thanks!
Image credits - Creative Commons license, source: Flickr
Mato Rachela - Stop the Light
james j8246 - light
Juan de Dios Santander Vela - Luz de Cobre y Sangre
Gayle Nicholson - Good Morning!
Bailey Weaver - The sky is falling!
Andrea Esuli - Shark attack!
John Greenaway - Robot on the Taff
Matt Roberts - Eye of Sound
jeanbaptisteparis - Haptic and luminous screen 2
Yuichi Kosio - airplane
Pseph - the devil and the details
Keoni Cabral - Wearable Technology