Andy Polaine
Necessary Procrastination
Interaction guru, John Maeda suggests that procrastination might be useful after all (hey, I bet that’s what you’re doing right now right? Reading …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
New BMW 'Say No' Ad
Whilst writing that story about You Tube I spied BMW’s new “So No To Compromise” ad and website. It’s a US ad and is aimed at giving BMW …
You Tube Advertising Dollars
Some enlightening “theoretical” figures being bounced around in Endgaget’s series about You Tube’s potential for generating revenue. …
Fake Beer in Germany
Fake beer? In Germany? Sacrilege! Slightly off topic for this blog, I know (well, okay, it’s about design and I live in Germany), but Deutsche-Welle have …
Get Smart with your metering
Quick post about the BBC’s story on Smart Meters - the meters, designed by More Associates show you exactly where all your energy is going. The theory …
Finland in Euro Monster Rock Shock
Once again I ‘accidentally’ ended up watching the Eurovision Song Contest. No really, I was reading and had the TV on in the background. Anyway, …
New theme
It’s about time I had a new theme I felt. Noodling around with themes is a great way to fritter away real working time. As usual I haven’t had time …
Warner Bros. to distribute via BitTorrent
I can’t believe I missed this story last week, but Warner Bros. have finally started to get their head around the idea that BitTorrents are the most …
Khronos Projector - turning back time
I’m having a depressing time for “things I wish I had made” right now. Karl just sent me the link to the Khronos Projector, which is a …
The Real World
Ever noticed that the usual world map you see in atlases doesn’t really reflect the land-mass of the countries (the Northern Hemisphere countries are …
Taking the emotional temperature of the world
I feel very jealous, but also excited. Every so often, okay very often, someone makes a piece of interactive work that I really, really wish I had created. …
Launching the Omnium Creative Network
I am very pleased to announce the launch of the Omnium Creative Network (OCN), which is what I will be spending quite a bit of my time on from now on. The OCN …
Being honest about your company
It pays to be honest, even when it’s all going wrong. A while ago I bought the very useful application, Spamfire after I went on holiday and came back to …
Perceived value in creative industries
I’m embroiled in an interesting debate about the perception of value of creativity versus (in this case) lawyers over at Greg’s Blog. I won’t …
Throwies - LED Graffiti
I can’t believe I haven’t come across the Instructables website before - it’s a kind of collaborative How To for all sorts of things. These …