Date registered: October 24, 2007
Jabber / Google Talk: thatbrock
Jan 11
I use quick prototyping tools quite often and my definition of prototyping is quite broad. Usually I start with paper sketches, as they are cheap, quick, and easy (There are a number of other good reasons for paper and pencil sketching, see Bill Buxton or my dissertation.) For paper and pencil works well for both …
Nov 03
I like London’s new Cycle Hire scheme (Boris Bikes) but don’t always want to hunt down the Barclay’s website to find out how many (if any) bicycles are available at the docking station near my office. So, I’ve been working on a little project to make a physical bar graph to illustrate the current situation. …
Oct 27
I’m really pleased that after a few months of planning, we are able to announce that Tinker London is working with Planet Money of National Public Radio to develop a t-shirt using QRCodes (see the podcast on their blog). We’ve been prepping this since May. Way back then, I was listening to the PlanetMoney podcast, …
Sep 14
After a year of requirements gathering, development, refinement, and testing, iBats is finally ready for release! I’ve been working in collaboration with Adam Talcott of Atomic Powered to create a new iPhone application for the Institute of Zoology, in London. The app allows anyone with an iPhone to collaborate with the Institute to collect data …
Aug 27
In the US, there’s recently been a great furore over a planned Islamic Community Center to be built near Ground Zero in New York. Inflammatory rhetoric from detractors and anti-Muslim fanatics fans the flames. Inspired by a graphic sketch by Mark Schmidt on Facebook, I created an Infographic which shows the approximate relative sizes of …
Jun 10
Just finished a really pleasant seminar yesterday at the Learning Sciences Research Institute at the Univeristy of Nottingham. “TEL” in the title refers to Technology enhanced learning. I’ve been trying to unpick the connections between making and hacking and TEL for a while now and appreciate any comments of suggestions in this area. There’s streaming …
Apr 16
Mar 24
Presentation graphics packages like PowerPoint have always been slightly irritating to me. Although they can make it easy to present ideas, this doesn’t mean that the presentation will be meaningful to an audience. Information design heavyweight Edward Tufte has offered scathing critiques of presentation software and argues that they lead to a different kind of …
