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There’s a fundamental change coming in the way we interact with computers. Multi-touch and gesture are here. Although the iphone and the Nintendo Wii have already build products featuring these new approaches, it might still be 10 or 20 years before the technologies area really mature. It has taken 20 years to get this far. …
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The economic prospects for 2008 don’t look too promising for the world’s most developed economies. We’re in for a slowdown, or possibly something worse. When market conditions change, it stands to reason that a change in strategy can make sense. I’ve got 3 design related strategies that will prove useful if there are lean times …
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A great quote from an OLPC spokesman about why some governments are not following through on ordering educational laptops from the OLPC initiative. “It has not been that processor versus that processor or that operating system versus that operating system – it’s been small thinking versus big thinking. That’s really the issue. Change equals risk …
Crayon Physics is an amazing little game that has attracted a lot of attention. It’s wonderful fun to play and it can teach us a little bit about interaction design too. Thanks to Aoife Ni Mhorain for pointing this one out. Experimental game play Petri Purho is a student at Helsinki polytechnic. He has set …
I’m excited. I’ve just registered for Designing Interactive Systems 2008, in Cape Town, South Africa. It’s at least partially about interaction design for less developed countries. Here’s a key chunk of blurb: “At DIS 2008 we want to bring together people from different cultures and understand how designs and techniques employed in affluent high-technology environments …
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On the 12th November, the One Laptop Per Child initiative will begin a limited “give one get one” programme. For $399, people in the USA can buy an XO1 laptop for themselves, and at the same time have one donated for use in a developing country. This seems to be because OLPC isn’t going to …
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Jeff Han, who blew us all away with the video of multitouch from his NYU project has founded his own company called Perceptive Pixel. His demo reel is appropriately stunning, and now he does it on an even bigger screen. As I’ve said before, we’re entering a whole new chapter of user experience. I’m genuinely …
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Sandy (www.iwantsandy.com) is an email bot. Typically mail bots handle mailing list subscriptions. Sandy manages to-do lists and calendar – you email her things to remember, and she reminds you at the right moment. Thanks to Harry Brignull for the pointer. What’s interesting is the interaction approach they have taken: They’ve created a retro secretary …
Stephen Fry, captain of wit, brains and volatility has started a technology blog on the guardian website. I’m a big Stephen Fry fan, so I was slightly disappointed by his first posting- a sort of extended apology/justification for even admitting an interest in technology. As Stephen himself would say: Bah! I’m certain Stephen will find …
Hilariously sarcastic posting from Marc Andreessen (the guy who started Netscape) and now runs Ning. His point: It may be a bubble – but is that a bad thing? (Note that because he caters for an American audience, poor Mr Andreessen has had to put a disclaimer on his post pointing out that it is …