Doctor's Note

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

37signals versus Don Norman

If there was ever a clear example of the generation gap between those who have been steeped in digital culture from the start and those who have had to adopt it …

Film Friends Forever Oscar & Bafta Screening

I don’t normally do straight plugs for things that aren’t interactive and that I’ve never heard of, but this screening at Film Friends Forever …

Mac Virus with Gravitas

Troika, the folks behind the cloud sculpture at Heathrow, have created a virus on a USB stick, called the Newton Virus (for manual infection) that makes your …

Social Profile - I'm interesting and boring

Disraeli’s quip, “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics” could do with “and Facebook” tagged onto it, …

Philosophical 404

I know there are plenty of 404 pages out there, but I stumbled across this one today and quite liked its minimal, haiku style. That’s all. (This one is …

OLPC - I take it all back

Some will argue that I’m weak-willed, but I have made a 180-degree change of opinion on the merits of the One Laptop Per Child project thanks to Tom …

iPlay - interactivity without the flab

Chris just posted an interesting find called the iPlay. It’s basically an interactive playground frame game, which means that children have to run around …

LED Toilet Door Mix-Up Signs, Denmark

Those crazy Danes. (Image stolen from djaphrael) Amusing project over at Halfmachine which involved making toilet door signs from LEDs in a club. Of course, …

Share The Mouse on a Web Page

That’s My Mouse allows you to see share a web browsing experience with other people. You see their tag moving around as they move their mouse and any …

Podcast Interview with Hector Serrano

My interview with Hector Serrano is now available on the Core77 Broadcasts page. My thanks to Hector for an entertaining chat about his playful and insightful …