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To prototype or not to prototype

This has been a question that has been on my mind for the past couple of weeks whenever i’ve needed a paper bag to help me breathe (which occurs often enough these days considering i have 4 weeks left to this thesis) or was interviewed by tristam sparks for his thesis prototyping. A mantra of… Continue reading To prototype or not to prototype

Broadcast your podcast

It was about time that this came out, i mean i initially thought that that was how it worked to begin with! Podcasts on the go using to be broadcast within 100 meters with these mini FM transmitters.

Virtual Counterparts of RFIDed Objects

I found a paper written by Kay Romer called Infrasture for Virtual Counterpart of real World Objects which is quite interesting for my thesis. The paper deals with RFID and the relationship between what is tagged and an online presence, which is also what i am trying to achieve by using active RFID tags in… Continue reading Virtual Counterparts of RFIDed Objects

Service design broken down

I found this great servic design conference at Carnegie Mellon, through Jan-Christoph my secondary advisor for my thesis and this just makes me want to grab a ticket to the US and go AWOL for 2 days during our exhibition : P I especially like the breakdown that was given which illustrates perfectly the different… Continue reading Service design broken down

Designing for Interaction

Will my night-stand ever clear up (and why would someone read to sleep is beyond me, reading makes me stay up all night)? A new book from Dan Saffer is coming out soon called Designing for Interaction: Creating smart applications and clever devices,and i can’t wait to read it!

Nokia and music on the go

I like Nokia sometimes, they’re very direct about the R&D work they do and The Culture of Mobility website is a great way for them to mark their territory in terms of interests and research. i especially like some of the articles about music sharing such as this article entitled Trends: permission to play which… Continue reading Nokia and music on the go

ICSID at my old school!

Oh my, this is the first time there’s a stellar evening associated with the

Last.fm

So because of feedback during the exam, i decided to sign up for Last.fm and see what all the fuss is about. Good things: 1- Interesting ways to surf for music and good indication of the popularity of a song 2- I like the simplicity of the interface and browsing through the different elements of… Continue reading Last.fm

Exam 1

Had my exam 1 on friday, some really nice crits were there: Mark Delaney from Plan Design, Jay Melican from Intel research, Chris Downs from Live|Work and Steve Thompson from Newport School of Art and Design in Wales. I hate to say the critique was very harsh and pointed out some really important gaps in… Continue reading Exam 1

Salone 2006

The redesigned radios were on show at Salone del Mobile 2006 and are still at La Fabbrica del Design till the 22nd of april from 12 to 17 every day except the 16th and 17th. Hope to see you there!