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Datatium - data as material for contextually responsive design
Wednesday, September 9th 2015
Responsive design is still very screen size focussed where as we should be considering context much more than we do. This talk explains how Datatium helps resolve this.
A 1 minute read (204 words).
A Device API safari
Sunday, May 4th 2014
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.
A 1 minute read (244 words).
Datatium - a material to create responsive experiences
Friday, October 19th 2012
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.
A 23 minute read (6.0k words).
Web Facilitated Play in the Real World
Wednesday, July 25th 2012
How can physical interaction with digital media augment the experience of both and what part does the web have to play in this space?
A 6 minute read (1.7k words).
Humanising the Internet of Things
Friday, February 24th 2012
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.
A 9 minute read (2.3k words).
App stores are delivery channels not search engines
Monday, November 7th 2011
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.
A 5 minute read (1.2k words).
We are the champions... of the web
Thursday, November 3rd 2011
The "problem" with the web is it's lack of control, but it doesn't need control, it only needs an unruly mass of champions to defend it and let the process unfold to win.
A 3 minute read (753 words).
Neo-Futurism in the Information Age
Monday, October 17th 2011
Finally the gloom of the GFC appears past and the web community are attempting to dream big ideas again - a summary of WDS11.
A 3 minute read (718 words).
On a post-flash world and Adobe's place within it
Tuesday, October 4th 2011
Sacred cows in the Adobe world finally appear to be on the BBQ. Recent signals from the tooling company suggest Flash may finally be about to die - and not too soon.
A 3 minute read (800 words).
Device API - Applications of DeviceMotion & DeviceOrientation
Thursday, September 15th 2011
Modern smartphones are jam-packed with sensors attached to them. This data is now available for use in the mobile web browser too. Here's some things you can do with them.
A 5 minute read (1.2k words).
Microsoft “buys” Nokia for $0B - what this means for mobile.
Saturday, February 12th 2011
Windows Mobile 7 is the latest incarnation of the Microsoft mobile platform that started in the late 90s as Windows CE. It has always had relatively good penetration in the mobile business sector and has been the…
A 4 minute read (1.0k words).
Android fragmentation: really not a big deal
Tuesday, January 18th 2011
This is a post I've been mulling over for a while and it now seems the right time to put my thoughts down around the issue of Android Fragmentation. There has been a lot of talk amongst the community about this and…
A 7 minute read (1.9k words).
Computers are finally becoming personal
Monday, January 10th 2011
After going back to work, it dawned on me that I hadn't used a computer for nearly two weeks - evident in the fact that I spent my first day back getting helplessly finger-twisted using a keyboard. Two weeks away from a…
A 3 minute read (842 words).
I like where I think Sony is going
Thursday, October 7th 2010
This is one of my speculation fueled posts so I'm admitting that a lot of it is based on rumour, hearsay, wild prognostication and adding up 2+2+2+2 to equal 63. With that in mind on with the rest... Right now I'm…
A 4 minute read (1.1k words).
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).
A telling quarter for Android
Sunday, June 27th 2010
Most people looking at the mobile and smart phone sector focus on unit sales as an indicator of performance - I suggest that one also needs to look at apps. The number of available apps is a metric that shows developer…
A 4 minute read (1.1k words).
iPad - ALMOST great
Thursday, January 28th 2010
The iPad hardware is outstanding in its simplicity but is a little weak presently on the software but will get better.
A 2 minute read (458 words).
2010: The year the Netbook turns into the Web-book
Sunday, January 3rd 2010
2010 is set to be a bumper year for Consumer Electronics. With people spending less outside the home they are focusing more inside and as just about everyone now has some monstrous TV it's the little things that count…
A 3 minute read (696 words).
2010 will be the year Apple and Google have a cage fight
Sunday, December 20th 2009
The pre-match slanging is pretty much over and the location of the fight has been chosen. 2010 is going to be the year Apple and Google finally stop dancing around and actually get in the ring. Unlike a nice clean…
A 2 minute read (635 words).
AdMob purchase opens door to new funding models
Monday, November 9th 2009
The AdMob purchase by Google paves the way for some interesting developer funding opportunities
A 2 minute read (503 words).
An unofficial endorsement of the Android platform?
Wednesday, July 29th 2009
As TechCrunch reported: Pigs Fly as Facebook and Google work together on an Android App - there's been a few indicators that this might be happening, particularly with some random mentions here and there on Twitter but…
A 1 minute read (331 words).
The Golden Age of mobile? Soon maybe...
Tuesday, July 21st 2009
Some would say that it's already been - during the heady days of GSM Data and WAP, some would say it stalled when European clients pulled all funding from mobile internet apps in the post-dot-com-crash GPRS days, some…
A 2 minute read (628 words).
EEEPC's power is in the network not the machine
Friday, May 9th 2008
It's official - I definitely am in love with ASUS' EEEPC. I liked the idea when they first came out and specifically trawled around Hong Kong computer markets to find one not long after they were launched. It's not the…
A 2 minute read (486 words).
The state of Oz technology
Thursday, January 31st 2008
Rarely does an entire country entice me to start ranting (and at this point I'll point out I am in fact Australian) but by crikey Australian technology hasn't really moved in the last 5 years. Now I appreciate this is a…
A 2 minute read (434 words).
SMS Bamboozlement...
Wednesday, December 19th 2007
I'm doing some work for a client at the moment who's industry is particularly technophobic. The absolute cutting edge is a bit of YouTube video thrown willy nilly into a page. I'd also point out that design is something…
A 1 minute read (266 words).
Bye bye OpenMoko
Monday, November 5th 2007
Google announced today that they would be partnering up with a load of other companies including Samsung, Motorola and LG to produce a new phone "software stack". For those of us in the technology game this basically…
A 2 minute read (480 words).
Please nokia slap me again - no really
Thursday, February 15th 2007
I love Nokia phones. In fact you could probably say that I have had a love affair with Nokia devices for over the last 10 years ever since my first one. Typically they sum up everything that is important to me about…
A 2 minute read (503 words).