Andy Polaine
Creative Waves
I’m taking part in another online education project called Creative Waves - a collaboration between Icograda and the Omnium Project run by my friend and …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Piracy and Music sales
Interesting post about music piracy realities from Richard over at the Gadget Lounge (and also cross-posted on the Gadget Show on the Podcast Network). It …
Killing trackback spam with MT-Moderate & co.
Just installed Chad Everett’s MT-Moderate plugin in an attempt to cut down on Trackback spam, which has, let’s face it, been more than my real …
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 …
Will Apple buy TiVo and create iTorrent?
Okay, so I’m a little behind on this story from Engaget about Apple possibly buying TiVo. But, hey, it’s the week before semester starts and …
Bike Kill
Great short film called “Bike Kill” from my lovely and talented friend Rachel Meyrick. It’s the Black Label Bike Club, Brooklyn NY doing weird …
The Undertaker
The Undertaker is a short story I wrote a few years ago. I won’t say it’s my best, but it’s entertaining enough: The Undertaker Nathan P. …
Mobile Journeys in Sydney and my bluejack
Still digesting some of the speakers’ talks from the Mobile Journeys forum in Sydney. Although many of the speakers from telco research groups had …
Cable guys looking in the wrong direction for Video on Demand
Ashley Norris’s article in the Guardian about the potential merger of NTL and Telewest in the UK and their plans to offer video on demand has Toby Hack …