New magneticNorth web site
Great to see magneticNorth’s new website live. Brendan gave me a sneak peek of it yesterday and I love it.
The navigation is very playful and intuitive. …
Doctor's Note
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Chrome Experiments
Josh Nimoy has made a version of his (unpleasantly named) Ball Droppings piece for Google’s Chrome Experiments site. Simple and addictive, you basically …
The Carbon Footprint of Spam
(Photo credit: net_efekt)
My brother, Matt, just mailed me this report on the Carbon Footprint of Spam. It makes pretty shocking reading and made me re-think …
Tonematrix
Inspired by the Tenori-On, Andre Michelle put together Tonematrix. Each square creates a wave force that spreads across the grid (I don’t think that …
IDEO Play with VR
Regular readers will know I’m pretty cynical about VR and I’ve never been much of a fan of the CAVE system. The last time I used one at iCinema I …
WiiSpray
WiiSpray is Wiimote hack and piece of work by Martin Lihs – a student of my ex-colleagues over at the media faculty at the Bauhaus.
I like the addition of …
Baker Tweet. Another hot pun from Poke.
The good chaps and chapettes at Poke love a pun, but they love a hot bun even more. So they have created Baker Tweet, a simple way for bakers to tell the world …
How To Get...
It all started with someone just Twittering “Type ‘How to get…’ into Google”.
Google has a pre-search auto suggestion system …
Little Red Riding Hood, Infographics Style
You have to admire the Swedish ability to indoctrinate their students with brilliant design skills.
The above Little Red Riding Hood piece by Toma Nilsson was …
Open Frameworks on the iPhone
OpenFrameworks, the “C++ library for creative coding”, is starting to get a lot more use in interactive installations.
I haven’t had the time …
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