agileweb.org

About

Ross Lawleys tumblelog mainly on software and agile methods.

Accounts

Groups

Newer posts are loading.

You are at the newest post.
Click here to check if anything new just came in.

March 10 2010

“ Put simply, blocking access as envisaged by this clause would both widely disrupt the Internet in the UK and elsewhere, threatening freedom of speech and the open Internet, without reducing copyright infringement as intended. To rush through such a controversial proposal at the tail end of a Parliament, without any kind of consultation with consumers or industry, is very poor law making. ”

— Digital Economy Bill | Tom Watson MP (via adactio)

#
React
Share

Spy chips hidden in 2.5 million dustbins as council snoopers plan pay-as-you-throw tax | Mail Online

#
React
Share

March 09 2010

SXSW: Maps, Books, Spimes, Paper: Post-Digital Media Design

The Internet is situated in the real world, and interesting experiences have to blend physical and digital. Mixing new technology - Arduinos, GPS, RFID, QRcodes - and old (web, paper), we present examples of the recently possible future, and the lessons we've learnt. And we'll make something along the way.

Tags: sxsw spimes postdigital

#
React
Share

“Digital interactions are moving beyond keypad and screens and into sensing, networked products that inhabit our everyday lives. This session will explore how designers can create engaging experiences between physical products and digital services.”

More great IxDA10 stuff from Timo Arnall (Elasticspace).

#
React
Share

AR in Zardoz

Yes, there’s projected augmented reality in Zardoz (1974).

It appears to be in LOLspeak too.

#
React
Share

s i x t h s e n s e - a wearable gestural interface (MIT Media Lab)

'SixthSense' is a wearable gestural interface that augments the physical world around us with digital information and lets us use natural hand gestures to interact with that information.

Tags: sixthsense ui wearable mobile ar augmentedreality interaction gesture

#
React
Share

SXSW Fieldnotes

James Bridle has made a book for the post digital panel at SXSW.

It’s designed to last you the week you’re at SXSW and features maps, a diary, schedule, info pulled from the Lonely Planet guide to Texas and space for you to write notes.

According to James it was:

“Pulled together in a few hours at the last minute despite planning it for ages. HTML -> XML -> InDesign for the talks schedule. Simple PDF resizing for the LP section. Basic-as layout for the rest, with some running heads and page numbers to minimise endless searching. Printed 10 through Lulu – £5 a pop, plus £25 to expedite shipping (because I left it until the last possible moment). Arrived in 4 working days. Done.”

It’s great but I can’t help thinking it could have had more hooks back into the digital domain. I’m not entirely sure what and how but It feels like you should be able to use it as a jumping off point to go and get more content, submit content or communicate with the other owners of the book.

There’s more information on Booktwo.org if you’re interested.

#
React
Share

You need a paper licence to link to the Royal Mail website » malcolm coles

Tags: royalmail stupid wtf

#
React
Share

The guys at Panic have released details of the status board they built for their office. It’s a web page that displays the following information - frequently updated using AJAX.

E-Mail Queue — number of messages / number of days.
Project Status
Important Countdowns
Revenue.
Live Tri-Met Bus Arrivals — when it’s time to go home!
The Panic Calendar.
Employee Twitter Messages.
Any @Panic Twitter Messages.

Something interesting from their blog post.

Les, one of our support guys, said it best after a week: “That board is like magic.” Our support turnaround time is faster than it’s ever been. Just the simple act of “publicizing” those numbers — not in a cruel way, but a “where are we at as a group?” way — has kept the support process on-task and, I think, made it a bit more like a video game. (It helps that when all the boxes are at “zero”, a virtual bottle of champagne appears on-screen, and a physical one is likely removed from the fridge.)

Great stuff. Imagine if something like this was to be done at scale on urban screens.