Some of the interesting medical papers and research of human visual perception currently being undertaken at the Dept. of Ophthalmology at the Medical school of the University of Freiburg, Germany. …
Computer virus Rbot-GR uses webcams
A new computer virus called, Rbot-GR uses webcams to literally spy and snoop at victims. It appears to be capable of turning on webcams and sending images and video via …
The IBM History Flow research project
I’ve been reading up on a variety of projects whilst here in the UK. One I found particularly interesting is the IBM History Flow research project. The project is part …
Audio recordings of the Lessig book Free Culture
The Laurence Lessig new book Free Culture has now been translated into Audio Chapter recordings in various languages by individuals wishing to allow others access to it.
An interview with John Perry Barlow
Brian Doherty from Reason speaks with John Perry Barlow regarding the legalities of intellectual property, intellectual products and the development of culture. There is a summary from the interview via …
Popular colour combinations with Colorcell
An experimental website and project, Colorcell, which aims to find the most popular color combinations.
Online tool for creating bookmark icons
A great and useful online tool that creates a browser favourite (bookmark) icon from an imported JPG of GIF. These icons are those 8×8 pixel images that appear next to …
aDesigner – a Java tool for Accessibility
IBM have developed a JAVA tool called aDesigner for web designers that lets you ensure that pages pages are accessbile and usable to the visually impaired. A review of the …
Global Information Architecture
Lou Rosenfeld has posted a really interesting blog post on some of his experience regarding Enterprise IA and certain differences in the way culture, language and business models affect the …
Reading: Bill Bryson – A Short History of Nearly Everything
I managed to last week buy a copy of Bill Bryson’s, A Short History of Nearly Everything, whilst on my way to Zurich, Switzerland. It’s one of those books that …
Bill Gates challenges Researchers to define the future of software computing
A copy of the Bill Gates speech from the Microsoft Research Faculty Summit 2004 in Redmond, Washington on August 2, 2004. His speech challenged academic researchers from around the world …
W. Daniel Hillis view of the Knowledge Web (Aristotle)
Edge.org has published an interesting article on the 2000 prescient paper by W. Daniel Hillis titled, “Aristotle”, in which he proposes “The Knowledge Web”. The 2000 paper, covers a similar …
The MT Plugin contest winners
Six Apart and Movable Type have announced the winners of their MT 3.0 Plugin Contest. The plugins are very impressive in maintaining and aiding with the use and security of …
Hello England, Hello Spain
I finally arrived in the UK after a short stop in Narita/Tokyo, Japan. The super long trip from Sydney was finally over after a total of 26 hours. Phew!. I …
AGDA Design Research Journal Special Issue Call For Papers
The AGDA Design Research Journal has put a Call For Papers on a special issue of the Journal covering Graphic Design & Visual Communication Research. More information is available from …