Doctor's Note

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

Facebook and Identity Theft

There has been quite a lot in the news about privacy concerns with Facebook as well as it being used for investigations. Living in a country that was home to …

Service Design with Live|Work

In another interview I’m re-publishing online, I talk with Ben Reason from service design agency, Live|Work. He explains exactly what service design is, …

Interview with Nik Roope from Hulger & Poke

My first Core77 Broadcast with Nik Roope about Hulger has just gone online. It should become one of a series of podcasts for Core77 and I’m really pleased …

StumbleUpon is the Antirom of the Web

Or - In Praise of Randomness Whilst thinking about writing a post in praise of randomness in interaction design, I realised that StumbleUpon is, in many ways, …

Director Lives Again for Retro Games

Like all of us at Antirom, Macromedia’s Director was a revolution because it allowed a bunch of non-coders to make interactive ‘stuff’. The …

Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design Opens

A year or so ago I heard about plans to set up the Copenhagen Institute of Interaction Design (CIID) and I’m really happy to see that they are now ready …

The Dramatic Impact of the 'Silent Revolution'

I’m very chuffed to see that ChangeThis selected my thoughts on education to be part of their manifesto the Dramtic Impact of The Silent Revolution. …