by Sören Stamer February 17, 2007 at 09:27 PM

When Apple introduced the iPhone, Steve Jobs used the word "multi-touch" to describe a breakthrough in the field of user inferfaces. Apple calls multi-touch "the most revolutionary user interface since the mouse". And in fact it seems to be true. Multi-touch enables us to interact with our computers in a highly intuitive way using no more than our own two hands:

[via ahlers]

This video about multi-touch comes with some explanations:

[via el ton]

There is something to discover here: The mouse was great to point and click in a two-dimensional world. However, in a three-dimensional environment its usability is pretty limited. Multi-touch seams to overcome these limitations. Just take another look at the demonstrations. It looks like it was especially made for interactions with three-dimensional environments. This might be the secret behind the intuitive nature of multi-touch.

Now, think of the amazing growth rate of 3D environments like SecondLife. Again, it seems to be the three-dimensional nature of this new medium that makes it such an intuitive environment for us.

Putting one and one together: The concepts behind Multi-touch and SecondLife look like core building blocks for the next generation Internet - definitely a three-dimensional Internet.

by Sören Stamer February 08, 2007 at 07:47 PM

Alle drei Monate treffen sich eine Reihe Hamburger Firmenvertreter und Unternehmer im Ausschuss für E-Business der Handelskammer Hamburg. Und in der Hansestadt ist die Handelskammer alles andere als ein Leichtgewicht. Das Rathaus sei - Rücken an Rücken - schließlich erst nach der Handelskammer gebaut worden, so sagt man.

Heute hatte ich erstmals die Ehre, den Ausschuß für E-Business bei CoreMedia zu begrüßen. Trotz (oder wegen?) enger Bestuhlung wurde es eine anregende Sitzung. Das Thema hat vermutlich auch dazu beigetragen. "Web 2.0 - Revolution der Internetära oder nur ein neues Buzzword?" lautete der Titel meines 20-minütigen Vortrages (Download PDF).

Anschließend haben wir die Sitzung noch entspannt beim "Chill out" mit Astra und Chips nachbereitet. Herzlichen Dank an alle Beteiligten. Jederzeit gern wieder!

by Sören Stamer February 04, 2007 at 10:16 PM

A colleague of mine enthusiastically shared this brilliant video with me a few minutes ago. It is a masterpiece about Web 2.0 by Michael Wesch from Digital Ethnography at Kansas State University. I could not resist to superdistribute it here:

Please enjoy! You might rethink yourself.