Fresh Start online

Finally Fresh Start is online! Nearly 2 years after the initial (7 weeks) project we’ve been working hard to present this to the Emergence poster sessionin Pittsburgh and Dave went and also live-blogged the event. Loads of interesting thoughts.

Something cute

Some very cute animation work by Vegetable Fried Rice.

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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

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The Dissapearing everything…

So i was reading half interested CNN article on information overload in our society and wondered whether i was really dreaming when i read that a 22 year old thought that: “”The library is daunting because I have to go there and everything is organized by academic area,” Quaranta said. “I don’t even know where… Continue reading The Dissapearing everything…

Review 2

So my second thesis review took place in Milan this monday. It was very constructive and i got a lot of very useful feedback. Present that day were a few external people: Gillian Crampton Smith, Phil Tabor, Jochem Straatman from Cibic & Partners, Marco Palmonari from exit Consulting and finally Ashley Benigno from 3 were… Continue reading Review 2

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Objects of virtual desire

Not sure why but i like this idea and its premise but there’s something to be said about the way that the project Objects of Virtual Desire addresses bridging the gap between virtual and real life relationships.

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Sex sells…

well the opposite sex.. this is not necessarily related to thesis directly but i thought id rant about it, because this BusinessWeek article on Dell suddenly realizing that women buy electronics too is maddening. This is more than obvious and slightly frustrating that in 2005, after more than 20 years of computational history, they would… Continue reading Sex sells…

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Colin's feedback…

This is the feedback I got from Colin Burns last month who was talking about his work for an R&D team a few years ago: We created good experimental evidence that authentic (i.e. from the real context) objects are a highly effective trigger for reminiscence and memory. (e.g. Souvenir of a trip, family members hat,… Continue reading Colin's feedback…

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Thesis feedback…

I thought I would publish the feedback I’ve been getting from Lee Feldman from Blast Radius, a canadian born web company. He is part of the group of people who I am actively informing on my thesis process which includes Colin Burns, ex-head of IDEO London with whom i had the pleasure of working with… Continue reading Thesis feedback…

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