The Best Interface is No Interface

Media: Lectures, Interviews, Podcasts, ...

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Select Podcasts & Lectures

BOAGWORLD

Interview on the oldest and longest-running design technology podcast.

“The entire season has basically been leading up as an excuse to get you on the show.”

LISTEN

WNYC: BORED & BRILLIANT

Guest on the most listened-to public radio station in the United States.

“Who's going to line up on their death bed and say I only spent two years of my life on Facebook.”

LISTEN

User Defenders

Interview on industry-insider podcast on design “superheroes”

“Don't be held back by fear.”

LISTEN

GOOGLE LECTURE

Evening lecture at Google about ”The Best Interface is No Interface”

“In five years, this topic has shifted from theory to fact.”

WATCH

Inside Intercom

Interview on the popular technology insider podcast

“When we design software...you just see mockups in rectangles.”

LISTEN

SXSW KEYNOTE

Keynote at South by Southwest, in front of 1,600+ attendees.

“I believe that the best interface is actually no interface.”

WATCH

3PILLAR

Guest on Canada's leading innovation podcast.

“I want to walk into work and have someone say 'Fuck that guy.'”

LISTEN

M2 - Mutation numérique

Interview on episode of mind-bending Futurist podcast


“Ambient computing...the surrounding environment will become No Interface.”

LISTEN

MANIFESTO

12 minute lecture at startup event in San Francisco


“Ambient computing...the surrounding environment will become No Interface.”

WATCH

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Reviews, Articles & Excerpts

THE VERGE

Excerpt and discussion on the world's most popular technology news site

“Some of the best designs never hit our screens”

READ

PC Magazine

Book Review
by Sophia Stuart


“Golden Krishna challenges the tech industry to cut down on the digital clutter”

READ

RECODE

Book Excerpt

“Paper didn’t disappear, and screens won’t either, but much of what we do today on our computers can be eliminated.”

READ

Sueddeutsche

Dafür gibt es eine App? Bitte nicht!

Interview with Germany's largest national subscription daily newspaper (in German).

READ

GENIUS

Annotating The Best Interface is No Interface

Chapter 14 annotated on Genius.

READ

MEDIUM

Book Excerpt

“Favorite! Favorite! Like! Like!”

WATCH

Reddit

Ask Me Anything

An AMA session.

LISTEN

UX Book Reviews

Book review by Lisa Duddington.

“Ambient computing...the surrounding environment will become No Interface.”

LISTEN

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Book Tour

San Mateo, CA
GoPro

Keynote, 45 min for GoPro employees. 12/4/15

Berlin, Germany
Marketing Management Kongress

Keynote, 45 min. 11/19/15

Berlin, Germany
HERE

Keynote, 45 min at HERE company event. 11/18/15

Denver, CO
EffectiveUI

Keynote, 45 min at EffectiveUI company event. 11/16/15

Palo Alto, CA
IDEO

Keynote, 45 min and Q&A at the global design innovation firm IDEO. 11/12/15

San Francisco, CA
CCA IXDA

Keynote, 45 min to students at the California College of the Arts. 11/10/15

Dublin, Ireland
Web Summit

Keynote, 45 min at Europe's largest tech conference, more than 40,000 conference attendees. 11/02/15

Budapest, Hungry
AMUSE UX Conference

Keynote, 45 min. 10/29/15

Palo Alto, CA
IFTF

Keynote and panel at Institute of The Future (IFTF). 10/22/15

San Mateo, CA
Draper University

Keynote, 45 min to students at Draper University. 10/13/15

San Francisco, CA
Manifesto 411

12 min speed lecture at startup conference. 10/8/15

San Francisco, CA
AIGA

Evening discussion about "The Best Interface is No Interface." 8/27/15

Mountain View, CA
Google

Lecture at company event for Google employees 7/24/15

San Francisco, CA
Intel

Keynote, 45 min for Intel's New Devices Group. 6/26/15

Paris, France
Futur en Seine Festival

Lecture amongst philosophers at Future of Society festival, attended by over 80,000 people. 6/11/15

London, England
Future of Digital Marketing

Keynote, 45 minute lecture. 6/11/15

Montreal, Canada
Tout le monde UX

Book reading and discussion with Montreal's largest UX community. 6/8/15

San Francisco, CA
Blog to Book

Lecture about turning viral blog post into a book at Cooper 5/22/15

Las Vegas, NV
Zappos

Keynote, 45 min at Zappos company event. 5/5/15

Los Gatos, CA
Netflix

Lecture and Q&A at Netflix company event and book club. 4/31/15

San Francisco, CA
IFTTT

Lecture and Q&A at company event for If This Then That (IFTTT) employees. 4/18/15

New York, NY
Mobile Innovation Summit

Lecture on the future of mobile technology. 3/20/15

San Francisco, CA
Designers + Geeks

Evening about "The Best Interface is No Interface." (400 person book event sold out in 24 minutes). 3/19/15

Austin, TX
SXSW

Book reading at the largest design conference in the world. 3/6/15

Portland, Oregon
Delight Conference

Keynote. 10/6/14

San Francisco, CA
FiveThot

Evening conversation about screenless technology with Method Co-Founding Kevin Farnham 5/5/14

Montreal, Québec
Boomerang La Conférence

Keynote, 60 min lecture 5/1/14

Moscow, Russia
RIF+KIB

Keynote, 60 min lecture 4/25/14

Sydney, Australia
Web Directions

Keynote, 60 min lecture 12/3/13

Boston, MA
Digitas

Private corporate event with 60 min lecture, 3 workshops 7/9/13

Malmö, Sweden
Media Evolution

2 hour workshop at Malmö University, 25 minute lecture, panel 8/22/13

Austin, TX
South by Southwest

Keynote in front of 1,600 people (standing room only). 3/10/13

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Media Lectures, Podcasts, ...

An interview with Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington on the oldest and longest-running design technology podcast.

Topics covered: Paul's reaction to the book, Backpocket Apps, Google, Disney, and screen addiction.

Guest on the popular "Bored and Brilliant" series hosted by Manoush Zomorodi that aired on WNYC, America's most listened-to public radio station.

Interview was later quoted on Manoush's TED talk, and "Bored and Brilliant" book.

An interview with Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington on the oldest and longest-running design technology podcast. Discussing Paul's reaction to the book, Backpocket Apps, Google, Disney, and screen addiction.

An interview with Paul Boag and Marcus Lillington on the oldest and longest-running design technology podcast. Discussing Paul's reaction to the book, Backpocket Apps, Google, Disney, and screen addiction.

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