Doctor's Note

A mix of essays and commentary about design, innovation, technology, society, coaching, personal and leadership development. Since 1996.

Piracy is Good?

Just been reading Mark Pesce’s Piracy is Good? on Mindjack. They’re serialising parts of his forthcoming book, Hyperpeople. Those of you (all six of …

Needies - high maintenance toys

A brilliant but scary development from Amos Bloomberg, Daniel Perlin, and Brett Schultz at New York University’s Interactive Telecommunications Program, …

Forgive and Forget

This was English rain. Not the erotic tropical lashings from the movies in which the starlet gets improbably caught wearing only a t-shirt and no bra, but the …

America We Stand As One - real or not?

I so want someone to tell me for sure that “America We Stand As One” is not a spoof. If it is it’s brilliant in its double bluff, but I have a …

R.I.P. Web Pages and Browsers?

I have always thought that browsers were a step backwards in interaction design. Just as designers were starting to explore and understand how to speak in this …

WebEarth via Google Maps

Amazing images from Google Maps new satellite imaging feature posted over at James Turnball’s Google Sightseeing blog. Jason Kottke has also posted a …

The Economist gets on the Hughtrain, Cluetrain and nails the coffin of advertising

Just caught the last issue of The Economist with their feature and survey on “Consumer Power”. It makes pretty interesting reading for anyone …