March 2012
Simultaneous multi-person user interfaces (SMUIs)
Tablets are prompting a new behaviour, whereby two or more users interact with the same device at the same time. It is happening in a var..
Tablet review
In preparation for chairing MobileMonday London’s event entitled ‘Tablets come of age‘ I’ve been watching some hands-on videos of tablets ..
- Opinions, ideas and new thinking
- Pathway #11: Super local connectivity
- Pathway #2: Multi-screens from a single device
- Pathway #8: Enabling new forms of creativity
Augmented storytelling
I’m delighted to introduce a guest article by James Whatley, exploring how mobile technology enables new forms of storytelling and creativ..
- Opinions, ideas and new thinking
- Pathway #3: Multi-person simultaneous UIs
- Pathway #8: Enabling new forms of creativity
Hockney, iPad and creative expression
The Royal Academy in London has an exhibition of works by David Hockney, including a collection of pictures created with an iPad. The iPa..
Notes from Mobile World Congress 2012
Measures of technical prowess dominated Mobile World Congress. The event’s vocabulary was characterised by quad core 1.5 Ghz proces..
- MWC 2012
- Opinions, ideas and new thinking
- Pathway #12: Brain processes
- Pathway #2: Multi-screens from a single device
- Pathway #9: Audible dimension
Gestures in a mobile context
The amount of transposition required to convert users’ physical actions into digital form has ebbed and flowed over the years.
Comman..
- MWC 2012
- Opinions, ideas and new thinking
- Pathway #13: Quiet design
- Pathway #2: Multi-screens from a single device
- Pathway #3: Multi-person simultaneous UIs
- Pathway #4: Enriching UX with 3D & visual depth
Searching for new UI metaphors
There were few visual interface developments which stood out at Mobile World Congress, not least because the small application developers ..
Mobile creativity unleashed
Nokia’s PureView 808 in red polycarbonate is a stunningly bold visual statement. The intensity of the colour combines with a bulging,..