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South by Southwest Interactive 2010 Notes

March 21st, 2010

They may not be as creative as all the sketch-based notes out there, but here’s what I got out of some of the South By Southwest Interactive panels I went to this year:
Sketching:

Mood boarding for getting a good sense of the style
Concept sketching for early stage visualizing of various pieces
Process: Design, research, design, build
Storyboard lifecycles [...]

Tech trends shaping habits and social interaction

November 29th, 2009

Two kinds of technologies have in recent months changed my daily habits and how I interact with people: web-based apps and smartphones.
Let’s start with web-based apps. For email I’ve been using Gmail for over three years now and is in my opinion the best email app around, web-based or desktop-based. For keeping track of appointments [...]

On Web Standards and rounded corners

October 25th, 2009

I think I agree with this article written ten years ago when the web was still in its infancy. While general web practices make sense, the need for having formal standards seems unnecessary. Website-building technologies have in a lot of ways standardized themselves because of individual developers deciding what is appropriate to use. Looking at the reasons [...]

Farewell Windows Mobile, hello Android

July 31st, 2009

My two-year contract expired in May, which means I’m looking for a new phone. I’ve decided on a Google Android-based phone from my current Motorola Q with Windows Mobile. I wasn’t thrilled about Android’s version one release and now version two is coming out which is a lot better software-wise, I’m just not sure about [...]

Change is in the air

May 31st, 2009

In recent years, there has been an essence of ongoing change leading to some big changes. The internet is perhaps the biggest factor, if not the primary factor of this as it has been changing entire industries and affecting our lives more than ever before. And based on this and other factors, everyone seems to [...]

Evolution of storytelling and technology

April 3rd, 2009

Since the beginning of humanity, storytelling and our ability to learn is what has set us apart from other species. It almost seems that our interest in stories is in our genes and is what makes our brain work the way it does. I really don’t know if that’s the case, but for the sake [...]

Historic view of the future of media

August 8th, 2008

In 1934, Paul Otlet published the Treaties on Documentation: The Book on the Book where he not only predicts the concept of a computer and the Internet, but more interestingly (to me), he envisions the use of different forms of media.

“These instruments taken as substitute for the book, will in fact become the new book. [...]