Some of my sketch-notes and photographs from the Visualisation Summit in London, the other day.
ESA Rosetta Philea lands on Comet!
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Philae lander from the Rosetta space mission has finally landed on the P67 Comet a few minutes ago! Amazing! #67P at 08:21 UT during #CometLanding …
The size of Comet 67P
Nigel Hawtin from New Scientist shared this image with us today of Comet 67P compared with Downtown LA. :)
Old GSM Networks could power the Internet of Things (IOT)
Technology Review writes about how Intelligent Machines could one day end up using the radio frequencies allocated of old GSM mobile networks. The Chinese city of Macau could be the …
Remembrance Sunday
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Watched Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic Interstellar last night at Screen on the Green. Even though I hear Nolan prefers everyone to watch it in the IMAX format, I enjoyed the …
You are not late by Kevin Kelly
Kevin Kelly has written an inspiring article in Medium titled, You are not late. Love it!
Google’s Material design
Wired has written another post on Google’s Material Design, this time looking at the considerations within Interaction Design. Material design is a few things. It’s a makeover—a “sweeping, well-reasoned, and …
Mike Bostock on Scroll-based Interactions
Mike Bostock has written about 5 rules for effective scrolling within touch-based gestural, keyboard & other interactive storytelling and visualisations. Citing a few examples including the Apple Mac Pro site …
I love this simple product
Saves a few fingers too! The Ippinka Multislicer
Mental Model considerations within the third world
Hassan Baggi has written an article on Tech Crunch titled The Challenge Of Connecting The Unconnected which resurfaces the discussions for considerations within design when thinking of Mental Models for …
Terms of Service – A graphic novel on Privacy & Big Data
Michael Keller and Josh Neufeld have created a Graphic Novel titled, Terms of Service: Understanding our Role in the World of Big Data, which charts the story of Privacy and …
The ICA’s Jasia Reichardt’s landmark exhibition Cybernetic Serendipity
The ICA is celebrating the landmark Jasia Reichardt 1968 exhibition this month with a display of documents, installation photographs, press reviews, invitation cards and publications.
Giant Chocolate King-Kong for the 20th Salon du Chocolat
French chocolate maker Jean-Paul Hevin talks about the chocolate King-Kong created by Richard Orlinski in Paris, Oct 27, 2014, on the eve of the 20th Salon du Chocolat (Paris Chocolate …
Experience design is shaping our future
Mary Treseler from O’Reilly has written a timely article on the state of experience design in our Industry. The article is the first of a series which will cover the future …