Writing this on my way to Helsinki to co-chair [Interaction 16](http://interaction16.ixda.org) – excited to be spending a week that’s all about interaction design with some fine folks indeed.
Was knocked out with a fever for a bit earlier this month, so had to shuffle some projects around and bounce some work to mid-March.
The month was a massive sprint with two big urgent projects (Interaction 16, Bosch ConnectedExperience) and a few (just slightly longer-term) important collaborations (The Good Home, ThingsCon global, Dearsouvenir). By the next monthnotes it’ll be down from extra crazy to the normal crazy, just the way I like it.
### In self-directed stuff…
– [ThingsCon](http://thingscon.com): [ThingsCon Brussels](http://www.meetup.com/Internet-of-Things-Ghent/events/226992705/) is happening on Feb 29. A road trip to Shenzhen is going to happen this year too, we’re starting to plan the details. More satellites coming up, too, more news on that soon.
– [The Good Home](http://thegoodhome.org). It’s getting serious as we’re getting ready for the Good Home’s first installment in April: Milan. For me this meant thinking a lot about how to incorporate our [core values](thegoodhome.org/values) and manifesting them into prototypes, objects, interactions.
– [Dearsouvenir](http://dearsouvenir.com): Getting ready for issue 2. The theme? #TGIF!
– [Interaction 16](http://interaction16.ixda.org) work weekend in Helsinki. All systems GO! Final sprint, by the time you read the next Monthnotes it’ll all be over.
### In client work…
[Bosch ConnectedExperience](http://bosch-si.com/experience) is coming up on March 8/9, a big project to build bridges between the corporate and startup/independent ends of the IoT ecosystem with a great line-up of international speakers. Good to see that the demand for this kind of exchange is there: The conference sold out last week.Other ongoing projects include engagements with Google HQ and WoltersKluwer, and some more work in the making around IoT and policy.
