Deborah Carver is the publisher of The Content Technologist. She is an independent consultant on all things digital publishing, specializing in large content-driven websites.
Century-old media behemoths are the disruptors of streaming tv, adding intriguing new possibilities to the consumer experience of self-guided television. Surprisingly, they've used their deep media company pockets to serve up some truly delightful UI and advance the medium.
Powered by Hollywood's priorities of intellectual property rather than Silicon Valley's focus on user experience and innovation, the shifts in smart tv interfaces are palpably different than those on a desktop. Here's how prominent film-focused channels stand up.
Even in the face of "black box" algorithms, the history of artificial intelligence—natural language processing, more specifically—has left plenty of clues. While we can't understand the full equation, we can see how building blocks create common patterns in how current algorithms process language.
Infrastructure, no matter how solid or planned or continuously improved, gets messy. Observing humanity in July feels like the ultimate UX research experiment.
