My presentation at the STC India UX Conference. Thanks to all who attended.

1. The return of SoLoMo n Kshitiz Anand | Design Strategist | @kshitiz |

2. Socialo Localizationo Mobilio

3. We live in exciting times … but its challenging too !

4. Exciting Developments in Design Changing lifestyles For a better world Information on the go Everyone a designer Rise of Social Networks Machine Power Design in the boardroom

5. It took 852 days for Facebook and 780 days for Twitter to get to 10 Million members Google+ took 16 days to get there. In 4 weeks time it reached 25 million users

10. Challenging Designing for mass appeal Rise of Publicy Criticality of Design Information overload Expanding domains Everything is monitored A smaller world

11. Exciting Challenging + Complex ?

12. “ Complex Systems are shaped by all the people who use them, and in this new era of collaborative innovation, designers are having to evolve from being the individual authors of objects, or buildings, to being facilitators of change amongst the large group of people.” - John Thackara in ‘In the Bubble’

13. “ Complex Systems are shaped by all the people who use them, and in this new era of collaborative innovation , designers are having to evolve from being the individual authors of objects, or buildings, to being facilitators of change amongst the large group of people .” - John Thackara in ‘In the Bubble’

14. The world is my playground

15. But now it comprises of Fans Followers Likes DM IM Chats Friends Circles Hangouts Touchscreens Tablets Tweet Retweet Sharing Pictures Video People Socializers Information Speed Mobile Networks

16. But now it comprises of Fans Followers Likes DM IM Chats Friends Circles Hangouts Touchscreens Tablets Tweet Retweet Sharing Pictures Video People Socializers Information Speed Mobile Networks … and its complicated !

17. Get me an expert at all this! This is too much for me to handle!

18. Who are you? What do you do? I am a UX Designer! I do everything!

20. You’ve got great skills! We know exactly what we want! Have you met my men and ministers Socialo, Localizationo and Mobilio?

21. See, I can do this design too. This should be exactly like this. No your majesty, it should be changed this way! Umm.. Actually can we see more options of this? Why can’t they let they just let the designer do all the design!

22. Consciously Sub-Consciously Co-creating the User Experience

23. A basis for Co-creation in Activity Theory

26. I hereby give you the permission to pitch in your ideas to the design Too many cooks spoil the broth Yay ! We have a say in the design!

27. Now that we are co-creating, we can do things faster! And get this done in lower costs! Yaay!!!

29. The power to the people! Let the co-creations begin!

33. Having an Experience Mindset

36. Understanding context of Interactions

39. Providing engagement platforms

42. Network Relationships

44. Co-creation of the UX If anyone can contribute to the design One need not be a designer to do so THE RISE OF CROWDSOURCING PLATFORMS

45. The rise of crowdsourcing

47. Power to the people

48. Getting more for less

49. Low cost sales and marketing

50. Taking the ideas to the masses

51. Reliance on Social Media

52. Is Crowdsourcing empowering the co-creation process ?

53. Or is Crowdsourcing is impacting UX (and designers) ?

54. What are the challenges?

55. The issue of Identity

56. Crowdsourcing the sense of judgment

57. The circle of Trust & Privacy issues

58. Community influences online behavior

59. Changing notion of relationships

60. Compromise on Skill Set

61. Moving towards Objectivity

62. The danger of superficial design

64. The challenge for the co-creators is to keep it simple

65. So who is Solomon?

66. I. Me. You. We. Us. … the co-creators of UX

67. “ We become what we behold. We shape our tools and then our tools shape us.” ~Marshall McLuhan

68. Rise up the new Solomons Thank You. [email_address] @kshitiz kshitizanand.com