Watching anything in slow motion is cool, thats why lots of adverts, websites and films have use this effect.
Imagine you’ve hired a slow motion camera for work, then imagine that you’ve shot all the footage you need and there is still time before you have to return the camera.
Well this is what Action Figure did - Slow motion
A blog entirely devoted to the Ampersand!!
Dangerous Mike and I have spent the weekend at a tinker.it workshop, learning about Arduino. It’s a simple yet powerful board with a microprocessor that can be programmed using a language similar to processing.
Pretty soon after you’ve created your first working circuit, you start to realise that the possibilities are limitless. It can accept a variety of digital and analogue inputs, and can feed back to a computer, or be used to control any number of devices.
Already it has been linked up to numerous Flash applications, used to create a glockenspiel that plays a tune based on the magnetic strip on the back of your favourite credit card… Or you could use it to control a espresso machine, using a Wii remote. If you really wanted to.
And to think, some people waste a beautiful sunny weekend by going outside and sitting in parks or pubs.
User Friendly has brought together leading interaction and usability experts from around the globe. Senior designers and managers from Microsoft, HSBC and the Chinese government were all present. What is surprising is the level of investment China is placing in it’s creative industries - aiming to be a leading global economy in design by 2020. My perception of China has changed from an economy that is ripe for production outsourcing partnerships, to a potential market that could mature quite quickly. Should this happen it will be interesting to see how this affects western digital agencies. How long will it be before clients are brave enough to test Chinese creative agencies on briefs that can be delivered at a fraction of the price. In reality this may be a few years off - but certainly an economy to watch.
So here I am in China. Deciding to avoid the Chinese Pizza Hut and head for something more local - I stumbled across a lovely small resturant. Not being able to speak or read a word of Chinese hindered me a little, however I managed to avoid the Ducks Blood soup. However today’s meal consisted of a small pot of boiling broth which you add your own ingredients to - the local’s laughed as I struggled with my chopsticks.