Andy Polaine
Swearing on Twitter
Most people who know me in real life know that I have a tendency to swear too easily and too much. They are, of course, twats. Actually that last outburst is a …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
New Clothes
If you are a regular reader (yes, you’re the one), you’ll notice that Playpen has had a spruce up with a new theme. If you’re thinking it …
Interview and profile of Dan Saffer
Core77 have just posted an interview and profile I wrote on Dan Saffer and hhis new book, Designing Gestural Interfaces. Dan talks about his vision for future …
Amazon Reviews
Oh the irony. Unfortunately you can’t post links on Amazon.com’s reviews, which is probably a good thing so that it doesn’t become …
ADC Awards Deadline 23rd Jan
I feel very honoured to have been asked to be on the interactive jury for the ADC awards this year. My thanks to Brendan Dawes for the invite. The deadline for …
Code, Form, Space Symposium
This Code, Form, Space symposium looks like it will be great. Is anyone going who will be blogging/twittering it?
Homeland Security - Worst Alert Box Ever
I’m on the interactive jury for the Art Directors Club Awards this year, which I am very chuffed about. Not least because I get the chance to go to New …
Jonathan Harris on the Creative Review Blog
I seem to have been writing about Jonathan Harris rather a lot recently. Following the piece on Flash on the Beach I wrote in Creative Review in November, an …
Amusing Fenec Preferences
Thought I had posted this weeks ago and found it loitering in my scheduled posts. Entertaining set of preferences descriptions for Fenec, Mozilla’s new …
Interaction Design for Behavioural Change
Interaction design is all about changing people’s behaviour. Without the action > reaction part, there is no interaction. Whether you click one button …
Interactive Video Object Manipulation
I have noticed I have been posting a lot of videos recently – I’m not sure if that’s me being lazy or that some things are simply a lot easier to …
Line-Drawings, Cameras and New Videogames
Karl reminded me of two new games for the Playstation that depart from the normal 3D extravaganza. The first is another EyeToy game called EyePet. Basically you …
Amazon Christmas Checkout
Just spotted Amazon’s Christmas-themed shopping cart. Sometimes it’s the little things that make all the difference.
Children Playing Video Games
The NY Times web site has a great video of children playing videogames from photographer and video artist, Robbie Cooper (you can watch a higher quality …
Humans Aren't So Bad After All
I twittered about this the other day and I know it’s been doing the rounds of the interweb, but wanted to post about it properly. The film has nothing to …