Andy Polaine
London Bombs
Phew. What a weird 48 hours that was. As far as I know everyone I know is okay, though I have many friends in London that I haven’t heard from, so I hope …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Google Scholar increases book sales
I work at a University as most of you will know and the issue of “Google culture” amongst students when researching comes up all the time. So …
Flying Carpet
At last a decent carpet in an airport. I’ve always wondered who chose the hideous designs for public spaces, but this one by Iranian artist Seyed Alavi …
Perception Website (2005)
Role: Creative Director/Producer Website re-design for Australian games development company, Perception In collaboration with Gestalt Productions.
BT Fusion - Fixed line and mobile convergence
This press release from Ovum looks like my dreams for using just one phone are nearer, though the convergence between the landline and mobile isn’t here …
Pokia becomes Hulger
My mate Nic Roope has finally found a backer and launched his Pokia range of classic handsets for mobiles under the name Hulger. We reckon there’s going …
Spam SMS
I just got my first true spam SMS today (the others have been from the network, so they sort of don’t count - I expect them). It was from a home loans …
Rexona Ad - brilliant idea well executed
Talking about advertising not selling but seducing, this Rexona ad is a brilliant example of a simple idea, well executed. It’s at the number 1 spot on …
BitTorrent Searching
An article over at Wired announces the development of a BitTorrent search engine developed by none other than BitTorrent’s inventor, Bram Cohen. The …
The New Laws of Television
The second part to Mark Pesce’s Piracy is Good? is now up on Mindjack. Bianca wrote a comment to my previous post that I thought I would pull out here …
Piracy is Good?
Just been reading Mark Pesce’s Piracy is Good? on Mindjack. They’re serialising parts of his forthcoming book, Hyperpeople. Those of you (all six of …
Needies - high maintenance toys
A brilliant but scary development from Amos Bloomberg, Daniel Perlin, and Brett Schultz at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, …
Forgive and Forget
This was English rain. Not the erotic tropical lashings from the movies in which the starlet gets improbably caught wearing only a t-shirt and no bra, but the …
America We Stand As One - real or not?
I so want someone to tell me for sure that “America We Stand As One” is not a spoof. If it is it’s brilliant in its double bluff, but I have a …
R.I.P. Web Pages and Browsers?
I have always thought that browsers were a step backwards in interaction design. Just as designers were starting to explore and understand how to speak in this …