things i wish i'd known 5 years ago

Things I wish I knew in 2005Jon Mell / @jonmell

Social isn’t new

Haters gonna hate

Conrad Gessner warns of “confusion and harm” in the modern world caused by the overabundance of data

He was talking about the dangers of too many books

In the 1550s

Source Vaughan Bell http://www.slate.com/id/2244198/

“Throughout history - all attempts to stop people from freely moving, talking and working together ultimately fail”

Jon Mell, Connections User Group, 2011

Pilots suck

People suck

http://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/69902372

Email doesn’t suck as much as you think

© 2009 IBM Corporation

© 2009 IBM Corporation

© 2009 IBM Corporation

Status updates are more important than

you think

We’ve been asking the wrong question

But UX is the most important thing

UX does not mean ‘pretty’

UX is not (usually) the opinion of one person

What do you want them to do by the way?

Big data is going to scare the crap out of

you

This is just the beginning

Thank you - have a great day