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Category Archives: Gadgets
Products I like and wish I actually used
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 … Continue reading
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Products I’m really loving right now
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, … Continue reading
I love data – part 3
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 … Continue reading
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I love data – part 2
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 … Continue reading
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iRobot and lessons for design
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 … Continue reading
Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Skype Video Calls
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 … Continue reading
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Real World Ubiquitous Computing – Nike Plus
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 about … Continue reading
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Tagged ipod, nike, running, Ubiquitous computing
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Ubiquitous computing done right
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 … Continue reading
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Turn your iPhone into a wifi Skype phone
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 … Continue reading
Beer beer beer beer beer!
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 sampled some of the … Continue reading
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