Andy Polaine
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 …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
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 …
WebEarth via Google Maps
Amazing images from Google Maps new satellite imaging feature posted over at James Turnball’s Google Sightseeing blog. Jason Kottke has also posted a …
The Economist gets on the Hughtrain, Cluetrain and nails the coffin of advertising
Just caught the last issue of The Economist with their feature and survey on “Consumer Power”. It makes pretty interesting reading for anyone …
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 …
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 …