http://isinteraction.com/blog The interaction design of things and services Sat, 10 Jul 2010 22:15:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've been using Gmail as my personal email client for a few years now. I recently stumbled upon a small piece of functionality in the program I’ve never encountered before. So I don’t know how long it has been there. I was trying to send an email off with an ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=177 This is a technology prediction. Augmented reality (AR) eye-wear will be a reality in 18-24 months. My prediction is based on a couple of current trends that will dovetail in the not-to-distant future to result in a true heads-up augmented reality experience. Firstly, we have the rise of 3D television. 3D TV ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=173 An inexpensive way for wireless communication between two arduino boards. Uses radio frequency transmitters and receivers. This option has some constraints and limitations, depending on your design needs. Good for middle distance, one way transmission. For two way communication, both boards would have to have both a transmitter and a receiver. Information ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=171 [caption id="attachment_169" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Image returns using some colours based loosely on the TELUS palette"][/caption] This is a really cool application that analyzes Flickr images for colours. Select a colour (up to 10 different colours can be selected at one time) and then see images that contain those colour(s). Once the ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=168 There is now a kit available for house plants that lets them twitter you when they need water. I don't think I will be going out and spending the $100 any time soon on this one, but thought it was worth mentioning. Read more about it at Gizmodo. http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=165 A few notes on interaction design taken from Dan Saffer's talk Interaction as Material from the 2008 Event Design Summit in Hollywood. What is Interactaction? Although technology is often involved, interaction is not a technology Not necessarily about "interactives" either It is a way of designing Interaction (design) starts with behaviour You design from the ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=163 Well, from my perspective, I think that the concepts and concerns about designing ubiquitous computing environments, software, and hardware -- and the problems, challenges, and opportunities of all three -- have just gone a little more mainstream. Or at least a little more mainstream within the design community. A first ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=161 Finally, here are my notes from UX Week 08 hosted by Adaptive Path. Day 1: The Fundamentals of User Experience Keynote Speaker: Don Norman Don is on a crusade to change the terminology. Stop calling them users, call them people. User Experience is now Experience Design. From Don's perspective, things are getting better and ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=124 Here are some fantastic numbers about transactions, connectivity, and storage circa December 2007: 100 billion clicks per day on the Internet 55 trillion links on the Internet (same # of synapses in your brain) 1 billion PC chips on the Internet 2 million emails per second 8 terrabytes per second traffic 65 billion phone calls per ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=115 I wasted a lot of time tonight. I got the flex sensors placed, but it seems that the wire I was using to mount was too stiff. So I wasn't getting good readings from them. Now I have to take all the tape off of the sensors (big job, trust ... http://isinteraction.com/blog/?p=119