redesigning the way we meet
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Presentation at the 19-21st of Dec 2012 "Serendipity Machine" by Seats2meet.com roadshow in the Netherlands.TRANSCRIPT
Teemu ArinaMeetin.gs
REDESIGNING theMEwe
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ANCIENTCHINA
EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION
Telephone
1870-
Internet
1960-
1970-
Telegraph
1790-
Telefax
1865-
Web
1990-
Social media
2010-
COMMUNICATIONPOINT-TO-POINT
1910, France
COLLABORATIONCONTEXT-BASEDCOMMUNICATION
SENDER ANDRECEIVER
CONTEXT OFCOMMUNICATION
COORDINATIONHIERARCHY
Ref: Ruby on Rails, Github
COOPERATIONWIREARCHY
“First we shape our structures.
Then, our structures shape us.”
Winston Churchill, British politician
MANUFACTURER
MEDIA
PRODUCT CONSUMER
SENDER MESSAGE RECEIVER
ART
ARTIST WORK AUDIENCE
RENAISSANCE1400-1800
MODERNISM1890-1940
POSTMODERNISM 1975-
VISION FORM DIVERSITY
CRAFTMANSHIP PRODUCTS SOCIAL OBJECTS
“Societies have always been shaped
more by the nature of the media by
which men communicate than by the
content of the communication.”
Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist
MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
SOCIAL MEDIA
?
0
1.6
3.2
4.8
6.4
8
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
6.26.57.4
6.1
4.7
“If you had to identify, in one word, the reason why the
human race has not achieved, and never will achieve, its
full potential, that word would be meetings.”
Dave Barry, Comedian
Hours of meetings / day
16
0
30
60
90
120
150
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
132
93
59
2519
EMAILIS BROKEN
Incoming email / day
“Email is not a messaging protocol. It is
a todo list. And it is a shitty todo list.
Anyone of you can put stuff on my todo
list and I don't want that.”
Paul Graham, inventor of Bayesian spam filters
What was the agenda?Where is it?Who is going to be there?
...where is that email?
Meeting related datais scattered across multiple applications
Has everyone read the agenda and materials?
Cathing upis a chore
Meetin.gs – The smartest way to meet
Product Workshop
Design SessionOn Skype
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PHYSICAL SPACEFROM PRIVATE OFFICETO OPEN PLAN
DIGITAL SPACEFROM POINT-TO-POINT (PERSONAL INBOX)TO CONTEXT-BASED COMMUNICATION (SHARED MEETING PAGE)
“It is the framework which
changes with each new
technology and not just the
picture within the frame.”
Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist
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