Doctor's Note

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

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 …

Creative Waves

I’m taking part in another online education project called Creative Waves - a collaboration between Icograda and the Omnium Project run by my friend and …

Piracy and Music sales

Interesting post about music piracy realities from Richard over at the Gadget Lounge (and also cross-posted on the Gadget Show on the Podcast Network). It …

Killing trackback spam with MT-Moderate & co.

Just installed Chad Everett’s MT-Moderate plugin in an attempt to cut down on Trackback spam, which has, let’s face it, been more than my real …