EUROIA 2011, Prague

1. @resmini & @lucarosati
pervasive ia
for the sentient city
cross-channel ux in urban environments
Photo: Andrea Alessandretti, Flickr

2. pervasiveia.com

3. cities are emergent systems

4. civilization as we know it is largely a byproduct

5. 50% of world population lives in cities
50% + of people live
in cities and % is
growing up

6. an 'etcetera' city
a list-city rather than a form-city
a rhizome
Photo: Kirk Crowford, Flickr

7. some cities are different
Photo: Abhijeet Rane, Flickr

8. but we often 'get lost' because of bad ux
Photo: Ever Falling, Flickr

9. does IA or pervasive IA have
anything to do with this?

10. from physical structure to information flow
A week on 4square, WSJ

11. “a city processes information
rather than moving it around”
Photo: Senseable City Lab, MIT

12. “a city works less like a computer
and more like the human brain”
Photo: Blue brain project

13. resilience is the capability of a system
to adapt itself to different goals and
seeking strategies
Photo:Joana Petrova, Flickr

14. information seeking strategies

15. principle of least effort

16. resilience as personal paths

17. top-down

18. bottom-up

19. top-down
TP TP
pervasive information layer
TP
TP
bottom-up

20. for zombies

21. or zombie run!

22. the best of both worlds

23. gothenburg

24. 50% expected increase in personal travel in the
Gothenburg region in 2005-2025
Transport-related CO2 emissions should decrease by 4%
in 2010 and by 75% in 2050 in respect to 1990
Public transport travel should increase from 24% to
35% in 2020

25. impacting collective transportation
behavior is a complex task with a
multitude of factors weighing in

26. better roads

27. better services

28. better information

29. better … mh?

30. these are not just different user types who have
a range of well-delimited needs: these are user
types whose needs change through time, in the
short and in the long period, and are shaped in
accordance with the place they currently are

31. or is it a “better system”?

32. a seamless experience

33. co-modal traveling

34. 5

35. a complex system with many channels

36. “In my opportunistic cluster model,
the bus stop I am standing in front of
*is* the app. I open my phone and
I'm looking at what *this* bus stop
has to offer”

37. top-down
TP TP
pervasive information layer
TP
TP
bottom-up

38. Photo by kcryder, Flickr
“places are used as wax.
places are the site of a mnemonic
palimpsest”
thank you