Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

Fastest robot in the East

Hitachi have just created the “fastest robot” called Emiew. The inventors want it to be able to keep up with people, hence the wheels. Pal, one of …

The phone is dead, long live the phone

So, the telcos are still banging on about how voice over IP (VOIP) won’t affect their business or that it will and it’s unfair (poor darlings). Yet …

The thinking behind Growl

Great interview over at Drunken Blog with Chris Forsythe, the lead on the Growl project. For those that haven’t checked it out yet, Growl is a …

The King Has...

Great new project from Krister Olsson over at Tree-Axis called “The King Has…” We all carry secrets we cannot reveal. Taking its name from …

Have surfboard, will travel - A classic Aussie sight

This drop-top car with a surfboard in the back passed me the other day in traffic. I couldn’t resist a quick snap, it seemed such a classic Aussie sight.

Cameraphones as personal storytelling

Howard Rheingold has just written an interesting summary of a paper by Keio University researcher Daisuke Okabe. Okabe has made an ethnographic study of …

The Art of Experimental Interaction Design

Just a quick post to tell you to rush out and buy The Art of Experimental Interaction Design published by IdN. My ex-Antirom colleague Andy Cameron edited it …