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Comment on Dementia and Dopplr - how designing for extreme users benefits us all by Prophet King Governance Press » links for 2008-07-04

Prophet King Governance Press » links for 2008-07-04 — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:32:51 +0000

[...] Dementia and Dopplr - how designing for extreme users benefits us all « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar “Far from making life boring, this clarity of purpose gives them the freedom to play, to make multiple ways of capturing our travel plans, to wallow in the giant ball pool of trips and coincidences that we create.” So true. (tags: usability design) [...]

Comment on The unsung office hero by Chris

Chris — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:00:35 +0000

Haha, I miss the (Wigmore Street) Orange Flavia machine :)

Comment on Old / new media mash-up - first impressions by gilest

gilest — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:56:28 +0000

*applause*

Comment on Old / new media mash-up - first impressions by Blackbeltjones/Work: » Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory feedback

Blackbeltjones/Work: » Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory feedback — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 12:00:58 +0000

[...] Matt Edgar points out in his associated blog post about letterpressing QR codes, the delicious sound of ink on roller and impression of zinc on paper is so much more satisfying [...]

Comment on Old / new media mash-up - first impressions by Edd Dumbill

Edd Dumbill — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 11:46:33 +0000

This is wonderful, I’m full of admiration.

Comment on Old / new media mash-up by Old / new media mash-up - first impressions « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar

Old / new media mash-up - first impressions « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 22:04:30 +0000

[...] Here’s the proof (geddit?) that the worlds of inky fingers and fat thumbs can coexist. [...]

Comment on 20 things we did on our trip to Japan by Old / new media mash-up « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar

Old / new media mash-up « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:43:20 +0000

[...] barcodes were everywhere on our recent trip to Japan, and seem to be gaining more attention here in the UK in some unexpected places. I recently [...]

Comment on In the future, people will think it strange… by Julianne

Julianne — Fri, 30 May 2008 21:27:28 +0000

I’m not sure I buy into this mobile vs fixed paradigm, M. Edgar. Surely we’re all comrades of the Internet-as-Great-Connector movement. ;)

Comment on Erm, excuse me, but I think Everybody was here all along by Second verse, same as the first, a little bit louder and a little bit worse « matt.me63.com - Matt Edgar

Thu, 29 May 2008 23:02:48 +0000

[...] a little bit louder and a little bit worse Two recent news stories continue my theme that social media doesn’t so much change people’s behaviour, as expose pre-existing behaviour…, often with unexpected [...]

Comment on Erm, excuse me, but I think Everybody was here all along by mattedgar

mattedgar — Sun, 25 May 2008 21:04:34 +0000

Hi Arek,
Thanks for commenting. I guess most of my post is western-centric, with the exception of the Berlin Wall example which comes from Clay Shirky’s book, so I’m sorry if I’ve misunderstood what happened across Eastern Europe in 1989.
My point is that the technology is neutral: what matters is what people do with it. For example while it’s possible for people to coordinate their activities using social networks, governments could also monitor the very same to identify potential opponents more quickly. It’s surely easier to automatically scan the contents of emails than to open letters or tap phone lines?
Best wishes, Matt