Interoperability

We talked about interoperability in class today - lo and behold, Meebo is leading a coalition (incl Google) on interoperability between social networking sites: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/19/technology/19facebook.html?hp - do you remember interoperability of messenger clients (MSN messenger sharing clients with Yahoo messenger and it didn't catch on...)

Domestic Robocop

Augmented Reality as demonstrated by a Masters Architecture student http://vimeo.com/8569187

A New Way of Visualizing Data Perhaps? Art or Science?

This article from The Economist's special report on the power of visualizing data - is it art or science? The article has an unfinished feel - more like an undergraduate work than a Masters :) http://www.economist.com/specialreports/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15557455

Article for interfaces class

Go to Culture Machine and download the Patrick Crogan article on the Wii for next week!

Posting on blogs: anyone out there?

i ask myself whether blogs used in a small group discussion may be counter-productive? posting articles, new stories, etc can stimulate group discussion but in a small group, is there incentive for active participation instead of passive readership? thoughts anyone on how to get to a discursive blog - thoughts, comments, etc

Channel 4 want feedback

Saw this today and thought it was a classic example of news programs wanting feedback from viewers, however they are now enticing them with the chance to win John Snow's Tie ?!?!?!?!

http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/channel+4+news+survey+what+do+you+think/3534837

Charles Leadbetter - new Report on 'Cloud Culture'

The new British Council report on cloud culture available now as a pdf to download. This could be useful for next week's class so I'd advise you look at it!