Andy Polaine
Flight cancelled due to snow. In Siberia.
Okay, another airline rant. This time my friend Sean coming over from London via Japanese Airlines (JAL). His flight was cancelled due to snow in Siberia. Now, …
Writing & Thinking
A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.
Why Sony don't get it in so many ways
I’m a little late on this one but, hey, I’ve been offline in India. It’s always sad to see a big corporation like Sony completely …
Off to India
I’m off to India for about ten days, so no blogging for me. I’ll be steering clear of Internet cafés too! Photos when I return. (This one from the …
Voice from The Void - the Blogosphere is alive and well
Oh, the irony of it all. After my post about Hugh Macleod of Gaping Void not responding to my mails and posts, I got a comment from Hugh: “I suppose I …
Vice President Dogsbody - the rise of misleading job titles
I just saw a job ad today for “Vice President of General Duties”. Vice President? So what are these general duties then? They must be pretty …
Dog with flowers
] Saw this dog on some steps the other day. It looked like it was wearing flowers in its hair and posing. I couldn’t resist a photo.
The Void in Gaping Void - What to do when blogs become victims of their own success?
I’ve been having an interesting conversation with Euph recently in the comments of my previous post about the SoundPryer and it’s led me to ruminate …
3G Phones go Wi-Fi - so what's the future for mobile telcos?
Interesting to read this story from Wendy Grossman on Wired today about the British company, Cambridge Silicon Radio and their new Wi-Fi chip, UniFi, aimed at …
Fleabilly - the extraordinary in the ordinary
I have just written a new article for Desktop (Issue 200) about photographer, artist, compositor, Ray Lewis. The boyfriend of my lovely pal Rachel, he’s …
Connectivity, privacy, porn and the generational shift
I thought I’d post a new entry in response to the comment by Euph about not having any personal space any more with regards to the Sound Pryer post. So, …
Find out what the person next to you in traffic is nodding their head to...
Regine from ever fascinating and brilliantly titled We-Make-Money-Not-Art has just posted a story about the SoundPryer from the Interactive Institute in …
Boring 3D far from boring.
I’ve just been checking out Jimmy Maidens’s Boring 3D website which is far from boring and has some beautiful 3D “cartoons” I suppose …
Playpen renamed and rebuilt
I’ve just re-built the entire blog with MovableType now instead of Blogger and renamed it Playpen, which I felt was more apt and less pretentious than …
Amazon goes back in time
I just ordered and had an album delivered to my God-daughter via Amazon.co.uk. Everything went fine, as it usually does, but check out the order status - they …
COFA Annual (2004)
Interaction Direction and Producer for the Annual CD-ROM of over 320 collected student works for the College of Fine Arts, UNSW. This interface worked on …