My earliest experiences of computers were as them being tools of creativity, and that's framed my use of them ever since. The BBC Micro didn't really do much unless you gave it fairly comprehensive instructions. Sure, they could be used to play pre-bought games, but in the very early days the thing came with a … Continue reading The tools of mass creation
This week I have learned: sometimes you don't need to be Sherlock Holmes to put together the clues correctly random interactions on Twitter never fail to amuse becoming more convinced about the theme of The Book (details to follow) it's time for another FreeRangers gathering (further details here) Next week: Weeknote 303 - Bleep/Squelch
There are a few scenes from the movies that have, unwittingly, become the archetypes for technologies of the "future", even though the movies themselves are decades old and the future is still to be equally distributed: Holographic video - the Princess Leah "Help us Obi Wan" projection at the beginning of Star Wars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIFJLMyUwrg Wave … Continue reading Cinematic Archetypes and achieving AI
And so after a fortnight in flip-flops, it's back to work. A few observations... It's increasingly disconcerting to live in a world without high-speed Internet. The villa where were spent our holiday had broadband glitches for some of the time we were there, and it really brought home how much we rely on reliable connectivity. … Continue reading The remarkably unglobal Internet
Next week: normal service
Next week: more of the same
It's all change in Government technology circles. The various changes that have happened at the top of the Government Digital Service and elsewhere in recent days signify something, although I'm not entirely sure what. Derek du Preez makes a good stab of it here. All this change got me thinking. For a while now I've been … Continue reading Change leadership
This week I have learned: I do really, really want to write a book, and now might have someone interested in helping. At this time of year every email sent = at least one email out of office returned 3D modelling is chuffing hard Observing people doing proper manual work makes me feel mildly inadequate … Continue reading Weeknote 299: una paloma blanca
After last week's tinkering with making an interactive digital world out of reality, this week I've had a bit of time looking at how to create 3D models that can be viewed using a Virtual Reality headset. To start off, I've got three potential target VR environments. The cheapest is the Google Cardboard viewer, a … Continue reading Further adventures in VR Land
This week I have learned: it always helps one's own understanding to go through the exercise of explaining things to others. so Augmented Reality has now gone mainstream then. my Stamp experiment has reached its 3rd anniversary I'm really looking forward to a summer break Next week: a publisher, a cartographer and an IT contract … Continue reading Weeknote 298: School’s out
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