July 2010
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The physiognomy of identity?
I was listening to BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed programme the other morning, and it had a segment on the 19th century idea of physiognomy - the notion that a person’s inner morality and character is reflected in their physical appearance and manner. One of the participants in the discussion, Sharrona Pearl, suggested that the rise in popularity of the idea and it’s...
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I saw a line today, where the past ended and the...
The past ended on April the 1st 2010, and the present began immediately above it on the 5th February 2010, as you can clearly see half way down this page.
Below that line, the advertising world, as far as anyone could reasonably tell, seemed to consist of people desperately trying to segment and understand ‘the market’ and then frantically shouting for attention.
Above that line,...
SKYTRUTH: using remote sensing and digital mapping... →
Providing this kind of live visibility inside games would be very interesting.
Video Games Modifying Behavior Towards Good | Fast... →
I definitely think games are going to play a far wider role in shaping the future. Sometimes when I look back the past appears increasingly rubbish…
Customer engagement - Chinese style...
This evening, a customer service interaction over email really shocked me a bit…
Here’s the story: I’ve been looking for a UPNP Media Browser for my iPad (that some software that will connect to the media server I run on my home wifi network and allow me to stream media files I have stored there to my iPad, over wireless).
I’ve tried a few, but so far they’ve all...