Article archive - page 3
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Building an information radiator
"Information Radiators" - devices that use physical means to relay encoded information are great projects if you want to explore IoT. This post provides a how to example.
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A Device API safari
There are many interesting things to be found in the Device API. This talk went on a journey to see what we could find worth playing with.
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Book launch of Jump Start Responsive Design
Working on my first book was quite good fun, though hard work, and today after all of that effort it's finally released.
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The ClickFail of Australian Retail.
The coming of age of online retail in Australia crashed and burned in Australia tonight due to lack of preparation and hubris. It could have been so different.
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Datatium - a material to create responsive experiences
Device responsive design is only one part of context. These are the sketch notes that underpinned a talk at WDS2012 on the wider aspects of using data in responsive design approaches.
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Web Facilitated Play in the Real World
How can physical interaction with digital media augment the experience of both and what part does the web have to play in this space?
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Is this the end of Windows Server?
A sacred cow has been bumped off over at Micrsoft with Linux now available in Azure instances. This is a major change in the server OS world.
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Humanising the Internet of Things
Just making your device "smart" isn't enough - it needs to also be usable. The human aspects of IoT are consistently forgotten in this new interaction space.
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Towards a sensor commons
A quiet revolution is taking place in the Internet of Things world and it isn't one being orchestrated top down by the companies who want to Internet enable everything and make smart cities.
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App stores are delivery channels not search engines
The main purpose of the app store is not discovery, it's to simplify the installation process to get an app on your device. Discovery continues to happen through other channels.