jive – social networking for your gran.
May 30th, 2008 by rbanks
jive – social networking for your gran.
“jive negates 3 major point of pain, which is currently stopping elderly users getting connected. Getting online one plug router solves this problem by being pre-loaded with ISP setting at POS. So setup is a true plug and play experience. Loading and sharing contact details jive uses friend passes to link a physical persons ID with digital life. A user simply links a friend pass to there friend feed account. This will then seamlessly update all of this data onto betty. No Mouse Needed To operate jive you simply place an avatar onto ‘betty’s’ display. So if you want to send a message you just place betty on the left of the screen, and you can now send a message to that person.”
Ben Arent
Ben Arent Says
Hi Rob, Thanks for the blog post. You website came in on my Google Alerts. I already subscribe to your blog and like the work that your doing in Cambridge. I even tried to get a summer internship with the research department but ended up in the maze of Microsoft HR!
Although this has meant that I have been lucky enough to get a job at another research department working as a full time interaction designer. (although were still sorting the contacts…)
I’m exhibiting jive as part of my graduate showcase next week, We are having a VIP industry / design evening on the 5th of June, at the Truman Brewery. (right near Liverpool Street station). Let me know if your interested, and I shall get you some tickets. I can also get you seats to the fashion show so It will be an amazing evening.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
Ben Arent Says
whopps. Sorry Richard. the RB lead me to belive its Rob! What a typ-o-. the also didn’t work, but the Graduate site is at http://www.pdeproduce.com
May 30th, 2008 at 4:15 pm