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There’s a passage in David Pascoe’s book Aircraft where he talks about how none of the airports of the time were prepared for the introduction of the 747. Specifically there was no part of the physical infrastructure of an … Continue reading
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Oh, okay. Last week I was in London. There was some fun, cool Nokia stuff going on — besides Nokia World, which I didn’t attend only because there were also other things going on, including this event at the Design … Continue reading
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A curious interoperability protocol, wherein the address for some weird place in Seoul has been found on an iPhone and must now be entered into the GPS of the taxi. A simple affair, with minimal bumps often enough, particularly because … Continue reading
© 2009 Julian. All rights reserved.
Three ways observed recently to delivery food, in some sort of service stack hierarchy. Which got me thinking about food futures, generally. First, a sample of present food service and presentation protocols as depicted above. First, catered in a way … Continue reading
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Tucked away, a map there for me to use. Departing Madrid early on a Sunday morning, I found this paper map of the Metro, tucked neatly within the seams of a pre-fab wall, ready for re-use. I wondered, who was … Continue reading
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Newsstand in central Madrid, Spain. Where? A curious assortment of news and media products also in Madrid, Spain Where? Some 5 Euro DVDs in a strange categorization schema. Not sure these all belong together in the same selection, as Boris … Continue reading
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Ian Bogost‘s and his Persuasive Games operation have introduced an iPhone game called JetSet — a curious little gem that situates specific locations as the enforced zone for game play. Very interesting play mechanic — a location-based game that you … Continue reading
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Anticipating the less-than-lovely side of ubiquitous computing scenarios, this photo is the end point of a circuitous GPS navigation FAIL on the way to relatives for Thanksgiving dinner last week. Looks like we’re driving into the river there. After what … Continue reading
I found this quite pervasive practice in Helsinki of giving restaurants a big hunk of didactic anchorage through these geographic names of cities or entire geographical regions. No guessing what sort of dish and style of food — even anticipating for … Continue reading
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Some curious alternatives and conscious decisions made around map materials. When do we chose the local tourist map that has down-res’d nonessential features and up-res’d features more on the mind of weekenders, such as the location of airport, town squares, … Continue reading
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Shuttling around San Francisco in a cab, I found this intriguing set of improvised holders for a mobile phone and a bluetooth headset. California just began enforcing a law requiring that drivers use a hands-free device when they take a … Continue reading
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I’m generally not a rush-rush guy when it comes to airline travel. If find it useful to take a bit of a time buffer between deplaning and entering the real-world of transfers, taxis, trains, learning to negotiate maps, figuring out … Continue reading