Usman Haque

Usman Haque
Founder, Pachube.com

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Usman Haque is the founder of Pachube.com, a real-time data infrastructure for the Internet of Things used by tens of thousands of people around the world (acquired by LogMeIn Inc in 2011). Trained as an architect, he has created responsive environments, interactive installations, digital interface devices and dozens of mass-participation initiatives. His skills include the design and engineering of both physical spaces and the software and systems that bring them to life. He received the 2008 Design of the Year Award (interactive) from the Design Museum, UK, a 2009 World Technology Award (art), a Wellcome Trust Sciart Award, a grant from the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, the Swiss Creation Prize, Belluard Bollwerk International, the Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence prize and the Asia Digital Art Award Grand Prize.

Sessions

11:10am Wednesday, 09/29/2010
Extreme Connectivity
Social Media & Marketing
 Location: Empire West
Usman Haque (Pachube.com)
This conversation will explore both technical and conceptual aspects of the Internet of Things with specific lessons learned from the development and deployment of Pachube.com, a generalised data broker for sensor, energy and environmental monitoring products used by thousands of individuals and companies around the world. Read more.
1:30pm Wednesday, 09/29/2010
What Happens When Our Products Start Talking Back?
Social Media & Marketing
 Location: Empire West
Garrick Schmitt (Razorfish), Usman Haque (Pachube.com), Andrew Zolty (BREAKFAST), Shiv Singh (Pepsico, Inc.), Allison Mooney (MobileBehavior)
Before we communicated with objects one-way, via "beep." AOL humanized it with “You’ve Got Mail.” Advances in technologies enable smart interactions between objects & people. Intelligence is added in warm/human manner (@BakerTweet alerts when a fresh batch of buns is ready). Contextualizing the new data won’t be easy, but real challenge is what do when products once just marketed talk back? Read more.
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