October 2009
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Congratulations to Bus Tops!
A huge well done to Alfie Dennen for winning the London part of the Artists Taking The Lead project with his Bus-Tops concept.
Bus Tops is a fantastic idea with masses of potential and I wish him all the best with it. I can’t wait to see it in action.
I want to get involved!
http://bus-tops.com/
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Magic Mouse - First Impressions
Catherine brought home an Apple Magic Mouse for me to try and I have to say on first impressions I don’t really like it very much.
Firstly it doesn’t feel right in my hand. It just doesn’t feel like I’m holding on to it properly and the hardness of its edges means that to hold it comfortably my thumb is actually under the mouse and dragging slightly across my mouse mat.
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Augmented Reality for Crowds
Before you start on me I know it’s more stuff about augmented reality. This time it’s from a slightly different angle so please bear with me.
Augmented reality could be used as part of digital signage or billboards to create playfully interactive advertising that actually draws crowds.
Imagine that. Ads that people actually come to play with.
See that guy at the beginning...
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Digital Ghosts
Continuing from my post about supernatural being the new futuristic I’d like to put this out there.
We’re developing ways for physical objects and locations to have data spaces. People can tag data they create with geographic locations so that it can be found by navigating both the physical and digital realms. For example when I’m in a particular place I can read Brightkite...
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Supernatural is the New Futuristic
I’ve been thinking about the future a lot, specifically the technologically utopian/dystopian future commonly associated with science fiction.
I’ve had a problem with it for some time because the future just doesn’t feel futuristic any more.
Music is a good starting point. I remember when techno was like music from the year 3000 and invoked undiluted visions of the future....