They may look unrelated but these words will save your life here. Pants = underwear as opposed to trousers Bin = garbage Chips = fries Crisps = chips (i know, very confusing) Wanker = idiot
Just saying
Peak oil Peak technology Peak blogging. Things are starting to feel awkward.
Alla milanese
Ok so I’ve been back for a week or so and thought I’d report back on this year’s Salone del Mobile visit in a more interesting way. I think the internet is really good at reporting on the Salone work and I’m sure you’ve all read and seen pictures of the projects presented there, but… Continue reading Alla milanese
Prescriptive or predictive information visualisation?
Something that’s starting to tick me off in the world of information visualisation goes back to why people found it interesting to begin with. When we didn’t know any better, we’d leave information visualisation to Powerpoint and Excel and only insiders and people who’d been to the right schools were able to make any sense… Continue reading Prescriptive or predictive information visualisation?
6 Things to remember once you move to London
1. London doesn’t want you here, which is why the weather is always shit. It’s your job to carry an umbrella at ALL TIMES. Even on those sunny-looking days. It’s a trick, don’t lt it get you. 2. Always remember to comment on how shit the weather is, it’ll make you agreeable to the locals.… Continue reading 6 Things to remember once you move to London
We get the leaders we deserve
It’s election day tomorrow in London and it’s been sort of entertaining and depressing at the same time to follow the campaign (I’ve been keeping track of the one on the other side of the pond through the excellent Bagnews notes). It’s almost like we’re collectively confused about the difference between entertainment and politics. Chris’s… Continue reading We get the leaders we deserve
To see or not to see?
Random thoughts triggered by Nicola’s link. What if what was going to be a major roadblock to ubiquitous computing is the idea that as users, we want to be able to point to where a “technology-enabled” object lies? That we cannot live with the idea that we no longer have an on/off relationship like the… Continue reading To see or not to see?
Made of fail
This really depresses me. I think issues of sustainability are quickly going to have to move beyond the Treehugger attitude that “every little counts”, because our way of life and the economics attached to it is literally killing people as we speak. It really isn’t going to cut it to act as if we weren’t… Continue reading Made of fail
That time of the year again
2 days to go to the glamourous and always exhausting Salone del Mobile. Hopefully I will have time to see more things as last year I was exhibiting Topoware with Karola. Looking forward to some apperitivos with old friends and new ones. If you’re in town, ping me!
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