Lost and QR Codes: Cult PR
Consider the above image. It’s an ad that we ran in the Sun today. Chances are there’s a technocrat journalist out there who’s been keeping an eye peeled for QR codes (see here, here and here for our previous posts about them) and is also a Lost fan. Hopefully, a tool intended to generate buzz […]
Sony vs Nintendo: Game On!
It’s taken me a while to allow myself back into the gaming world. Having spent about 5 years as a freelance games reviewer for The Independent I lost my enthusiasm for the gaming industry in general somewhere between writing copy for the banal Mary Kate and Ashley: Mystery Mall (0.5 Stars) and the unending line […]
Power And Google: Can A Search Engine Save The Planet?
No, this isn’t a post about Google’s huge power over the Internet, iPhones vs gPhones , data protection or Google taking over the planet. It’s about power: Google’s power, the Pope’s power, the power of politics, and the power of the individual.
On Tuesday Google announced RE<C (Renewable Energy Cheaper Than Coal).
Their aim is to promote […]
The Future Of Search? It’s 4D Isn’t It?
People in our industry are often asked what they think the next developments will be in the growth of the internet, and in particular, search. Well, using the example of how frustrating a recent car journey was, I think I can probably make a pretty good guess.
Historically search has been two-dimensional; what I mean by […]
The House of the Future…Again
I don’t know about you, but the ever since the first time I watched Demolition Man and saw Sly Stallone walk into his hotel room and command the lights to turn on, I have been in awe of the ability to have a room react to your command.
It’s not that I’m lazy, I just love […]
If It’s Ultra Wide, Is It Wireless?
Ultra Wide Band (or wireless USB as it’s also, rather confusingly, known) becomes available from August 13th. So what you might ask; and if you do, you might well be right to be underwhelmed.
Some are heralding this as the technology that could hasten the arrival of the ‘connected digital home’; those of a more cynical […]
Spamtrap
Artist Bill Shackleford has devised this very satisfying way of dealing with spam. The spam comes in via email, is printed out, and the page is immediately shredded. Watch the video.
That eureka moment
A great idea for a billboard from The Economist, the light bulb is activated by a motion sensor when a passer by walks underneath.
Work for The Economist is consistently brilliant, and one of the factors in this is undoubtedly that it is done within a set of tight visual constraints.
They basically have a typeface, the […]
Will Adobe Own The API?
Adobe has finally released an alpha version of its highly-anticipated Apollo runtime. Much has been written on the potential of this cross-platform runtime, which allows developers to use HTML, JavaScript, and ActionScript to write applications which blend desktop functionality with web connectivity, but it simply boils down to this: Apollo represents Adobe’s effort to own […]
Highland Fling 2007
Alan White has organised a web standards conference in Edinburgh called The Highland Fling. This year the focus is progressive enhancement and there are a number of interesting speakers from Clear Left and Yahoo! Europe for example. It’s very reasonably priced and long overdue for the area in my opinion. But then I only lived […]
