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Ambient technologies are very hard to design well. A blinking light for a new email is novel for a few minutes before quickly becoming a distraction. This essay provides a model for thinking about ambient technologies and how a designer may maximise their use.
A 24 minute read (6.4k words).
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Should JavaScript devs build real things?
Wednesday, August 21st 2013
JavaScript is leaving the browser and entering the real world. Is this just a bunch of web devs playing with hardware or are we starting to see a fundamental shift in the direction web technologies are taking?
An 18 minute read (4.6k words).
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Towards a sensor commons
Tuesday, December 20th 2011
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.
A 13 minute read (3.5k words).
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The web of intent
Monday, August 8th 2011
Web applications could handle common tasks such as sharing or pinning using an Intent oriented design.
A 5 minute read (1.4k words).
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How to avoid the Audience : Presenter Disconnect
Monday, October 18th 2010
I've just finished two fantastic days at Web Directions South, a conference that has great organisers, great participants and largely informative and inspirational presentations from experts in their respective Web…
A 12 minute read (3.2k words).
![If software is a race to $Zero, how do you create revenue?]()
If software is a race to $Zero, how do you create revenue?
Wednesday, September 29th 2010
Commodity values always drop towards their cost of production. Software eventually drops to $0 in value so how do you create revenue?
A 5 minute read (1.3k words).
![Thingstreams - the future of product / consumer dialogue]()
Thingstreams - the future of product / consumer dialogue
Tuesday, July 20th 2010
As consumers engage more directly with each other, how to brands understand what is happening in the "backchannel"?
A 5 minute read (1.3k words).
