Category Archives: future

Festo and the future

By Jonathan | Published: April 19, 2009
OMG, etc. Check out these two great videos of some of the amazing creations from Festo, as blogged over at the always excellent Rubbishcorp. I spent a good hour this evening freely surfing the web, which I haven’t done in absolutely ages and just had to share.
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Digital meets analogue, online meets offline

By Jonathan | Published: March 27, 2009
As the offline/analogue and online/digital worlds start to blend even more, I thought I’d share some favourite stuff I’ve been tagging over the past few months. I love this stuff and am really excited about the web weaving its way into more and more stuff. Google Earth meets a 60ft Phallus. Blogging meets a blackboard and [...]
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Just be “human” (and be nice)

By Jonathan | Published: February 3, 2009
Think of people you like. What characteristics to they have? I bet they are kind, considerate, funny, sharing, trustworthy, respectful, appreciative, honest, caring, genuine, warm, friendly, approachable etc. They listen to you. They speak to you when you speak to them. They respond to feedback. They don’t shout at you. They respect your time. They [...]
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It’s all about the data

By Jonathan | Published: January 6, 2009
Hello and Happy New Year. I am now back online after a nice refreshing break from the interwebz. Well almost, kind of in an iPhone kind of way. Anyway, like everyone else, I have a gazillion of things that I’d love to do this year, lots of thoughts on what might be in store for [...]
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Video in video

By Jonathan | Published: November 27, 2008
Wow. This is a little crazy. Those clever Stanford types have created some software that enables video to be embedded within another video. Like in-game advertising but for real world video that (from the video below) looks as though it blends pretty seamlessly with the original content. Question is though – do we want our [...]
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Is Obama President?

By Jonathan | Published: November 5, 2008
Yes. (Big smiles) Is McCain president? No. (Big smiles) But until Obama, his family and the puppy get into the Whitehouse, it kind of feels like this . . . Change . . . Bring. It. On.
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Little Big Planet – Will you marry me?

By Jonathan | Published: October 24, 2008
Wow. Ben has just spotted this. Jed05 created a level on Little Big Planet in order to propose to his girlfriend. First, mariage proposals on Twitter, now in-game proposals. Just wow. < voiceofanoldperson> What is the world coming to? < /voiceofanoldperson>
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“My Goodness. This is insane!”

By Jonathan | Published: October 22, 2008
Said Ste on Twitter just now. So I had to take a look. And there is was, a creative agency called lisapmaxwell using its website as a ‘live case study in viral marketing’. Insane it may well be right now, but in the very near future I think it will be the norm to be [...]
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Nerdcore Rising

By Jonathan | Published: October 17, 2008
I’m pretty late to this but I’ve just finished watching Nerdcore Rising. Amazingly cool, genuine, funny collection of people and a great insight into the genre’s growth in the US. Hot Chip, Hedluv . . . we have our own hugely popular homegrown stuff too. I can’t wait until all this celebrity stuff finally goes [...]
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TelePresence in public?

By Jonathan | Published: October 16, 2008
Can you imagine when you go into a club or pub or somewhere and the person sat next to you is actually sat somewhere else in the world but has decided to ‘dial-in’ to be there ? Virtual clubbing? Popping out for a drink via your iPhone app? Hmmm. . . Updated . . . [...]
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