“The New Design Material” by Josh Clark—An Event Apart video

Just as mobile defined the last decade of digital products, machine learning is set to define the next. Learn to use machine-generated content, insight, and interaction as design material in your everyday work. Refit familiar design and UX process to work with the grain of the algorithm, to help the machines solve real problems without creating new ones. In this lively hour-long talk from An Event Apart 2018, Josh Clark explores the technologies and practical techniques that you can use today—like right now—not only to make existing products better but to imagine surprising new services. The challenges and opportunities of machine learning are plenty; learn to handle this powerful new design material with care and respect.

Josh Clark is an interaction designer specializing in connected devices, mobile experiences, and responsive design. He is founder of Big Medium, a design agency whose clients include TechCrunch, Time Inc, eBay, O'Reilly Media, and many others. Josh wrote Tapworthy: Designing Great iPhone Apps (O'Reilly, 2010) and Designing for Touch (A Book Apart, 2015). He speaks around the world about what's next for digital interfaces.

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