Products I like and wish I actually used
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010 Posted in Design, Gadgets, Usability, Web products | No Comments »Sometimes you see something that looks so cool that you want to use it, but quickly realise you don't have any actual compelling need or interest. I've raved a few times about products I'm using at the moment and really ...
Products I’m really loving right now
Friday, November 13th, 2009 Posted in Gadgets, Usability | No Comments »I realised tonight that there are quite a variety of tools and products I've been using lately that I've been really enjoying, including: Zipcar I live in Beacon Hill, where owning a car is both expensive and difficult. As such, I have ...
I love data – part 3
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Bay Area, Gadgets, Personal, Ubiquitous computing | No Comments »I noticed tonight that the GPS error on my running watch means that when I look at the data in aggregate, it creates quite a nice heat map of my favourite runs. I might try and figure out a way to ...
I love data – part 2
Monday, March 9th, 2009 Posted in Gadgets, Travel, Ubiquitous computing | No Comments »Recently I took my Garmin Forerunner GPS watch with me and left it switched on while I had a helicopter ride with Sundance Helicopters to visit the Grand Canyon. Exporting the data to Google Earth allows me to recreate in ...
iRobot and lessons for design
Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 Posted in Design, Gadgets | No Comments »It's funny how something can be a great design, and yet with a few tweaks, it becomes completely awful. Witness the Roomba. I love my Roomba - I bought it in October 2006 when I moved in to my cottage and ...
Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Skype Video Calls
Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets, Ubiquitous computing | No Comments »There are few people who would count Skype as ubiquitous computing. However I've found it is not the technology that defines ubiquitous computing, but how it is applied. Since I moved to the US I've really enjoyed having a Skype phone ...
Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Nike Plus
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Design, Gadgets, Ubiquitous computing | No Comments »For all the doom and gloom about the lack of real world ubiquitous computing (even I was guilty of it in my thesis), if you look around there are devices that support ubiquitous computing ideals. And I'm not talking ...
Ubiquitous computing done right
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 Posted in Design, Gadgets, Ubiquitous computing | No Comments »I was happily surprised when I saw this video. I was sent it by Miles, and I think it is an outstanding example of ubiquitous computing. Amazingly it's also several years old now, and part of Johnny Lee's work at ...
Turn your iPhone into a wifi Skype phone
Wednesday, April 16th, 2008 Posted in Design, Gadgets, Startups, Usability | 1 Comment »There has been a lot of buzz on the intertubes today about Fring. They're an Israeli startup who released a fairly popular mobile chat client. That's simplifying things - in addition to supporting every major IM client, Fring automatically logs ...
Beer beer beer beer beer!
Thursday, March 6th, 2008 Posted in Gadgets | No Comments »Anyone who knows me knows I am a massive beer fan. 2 years ago I organised a trip around Belgium for my friends and myself. We ended up visiting several different monasteries around the country, and ...
