August 2008

  • Don’t get GUI : Get NUI!

    Have you been getting NUI recently? If you’ve ever used a touch screen then you’re well on the way to the brave new world of ‘Natural User Interfaces’. Well, that’s what they were calling it over at UX Week in San Francisco. But it’s also know as ‘Gestural User Interfaces’ by many. NUI will be…

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  • Stamps Licked?

    You wouldn’t believe how hard it is to get a stamp for a postcard in San Francisco. Getting a postcard is the easy part. But buying stamps? They should make it a new sport at the Olympics. The place that sold me the postcards told me to try the liquor store next door. But they…

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  • Flying like a Conchord

    On my 12-hour flight to San Francisco, Air New Zealand offered a plethora of inflight entertainment including a grumpy hostess, movies, music and computer games. I’m one of those people who feels overwhelmed by too many choices when visiting a record store or bookshop. The Air NZ inflight entertainment system made me feel the same…

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  • Make that a double cona

    Rex and I are off to the West Coast of the USA this weekend… I’ll be attending  User Experience Week in San Francisco and Rex SIGGRAPH in Los Angeles. It might come as a surprise to our American friends, but the biggest concern we have about visiting the US is not the startling fact that…

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