Doctor's Note

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

Night of the Living Maps

Apart from last night’s making of history it was a night of interactive maps gone wild. The BBC’s virtual studio 3D environment was replete with …

BMW Motorbikes GPS drawing

Great Google Maps created by friends of mine at Ubilabs for BMW Motorbikes GPS Drawing. Take a look at the intro video - the guys are riding through buildings …

Gruber on iPhone-Likeness

Good piece from John Gruber on iPhone-Likeness and why many developers don’t get it when it comes to creating apps that feel iPhone-like: I’ll put forth …

Voting Machines - The Ultimate Interface?

Photo: binkley27 Dan Saffer just wrote an alarming piece about electronic voting over at Kicker Studio and it reminded me of a great article I read recently in …

Taxi Driver With Storyboards

There’s a discussion going on over at IxDA about whether an interaction design can create great interaction without great visual design skills. My answer …

Peter Polaine

Just a quick note to say if you are here because you are looking for the work of my father, Peter Polaine, the newspaper covering his portrait exhibition with …

The Unfinished Swan

The Unfinished Swan is a still in-development game set in an entirely white world. Instead of splattering the blood of monsters around the walls, the player …