Carpe Diem: Attention, Awareness, and Interaction Design 2009

This document provides a summary of topics discussed at the Attention, Awareness & Interaction Design 2009 conference. It touches on many themes, including defining interaction design, new technologies like wearables and gestures, paradigms like ubiquitous computing, the importance of aesthetics and emotion in design, and making the future through invention rather than just predicting it. It encourages designers to look to other fields like art, biology and architecture for inspiration, and to have courage in designing the future without waiting for permission.