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“Things we’ve learnt about Communication” NEW Microsoft Research report
An insight-packed report from the Socio-Digital Systems group of Microsoft Research in Cambridge, UK landed on my desk today. In reading it, I rediscovered why communicating means so much more than simply transferring information from one entity to another. I was reminded that sometimes communicating over a distance is preferable to talking face-to-face, and I…
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Data Privacy Day 2011 – are you location-savvy?
Today is Data Privacy Day, a day designed to raise public awareness of privacy and data protection issues. Microsoft is a leading supporter of the campaign and recently commissioned research to gauge public awareness of how location-based services work and how the data collected is used. The vast majority (94%) of people who are aware…
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News Flash: our news habits are changing
Gosh, these data bring things into sharp focus! We all know that our information discovery and consumption habits are going through some pretty seismic changes, but new data from the Pew Research Center in the US show how rapidly this change has come about. In 2010, the Internet surpassed TV as the main source of…
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1. Here’s a list. 2. Here’s another list
Two things are certain about the New Year for me: (1) it’s a lousy time to make bold resolutions for the year ahead* and (2) the Internet will be awash with amateur futurologists sharing lists of predictions for the year ahead. Some lists are better than others. My personal favourite comes from JWT, a perennial…
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The One Ronnie sketch: My Blackberry is Not Working!
Thanks to young Mr Lee Williams for sharing this most entertaining clip from a show soon to be shown on the BBC. The furious pace of our technologically-fuelled world is brought into vivid focus by this joyful reminder to enjoy the simple pleasures in our lives. This should make you 🙂 [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAG39jKi0lI&w=448&h=252&hd=1] The One Ronnie:…
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The perfect festive gift: Connectedness
This is a lovely idea, and one that deserves your support. If you’re reading this, chances are you’re a pretty Internet-savvy person. But I’d like you to stop for a moment to ponder what life must be like without all the benefits that the Internet brings. Things like being able to easily and cost-effectively stay…
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Tangled Cables: an urban survival guide
They’re the bane of many digital lives: those pesky cables that are both completely essential and universally unloved. Anyone who’s ever carried a laptop, a mobile phone or a music player has experienced cable chaos, that moment when an impenetrable tangle makes you want to hurl the jumbled mess out of the train window. I’ve…
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Every laptop needs one
Every Brit who has ever travelled knows how cumbersome our UK plugs can be. Now, British student Min-Kyu Choi, has invented the Folding Plug, and scooped the prestigious Brit Insurance Design of the Year award too. There’s a similar mini-plug in development at www.thinplug.com too, all of which can only be good news for British…
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Swiss Railway Clock for Windows
I’m a big fan of Swiss design and SwissMiss today posted links an iPhone app and Mac OS X widget so you can add a distinctive Swiss Railway Clock to your Apple devices. Thankfully those of us with Microsoft powered devices needn’t miss out: there’s a gorgeous Windows taskbar add-on and a desktop gadget available…
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UsefulTechnology: White Balance Lens Cap
Every so often something appears leaving you wondering “why didn’t I think of that?” Or, in this case, why didn’t Nikon, Canon, or any other camera manufacturer think of this, it’s so blindingly obvious! If you own an SLR camera and have ever had to colour correct a load of photos because you either forgot…
