Delighted to have the opportunity to speak to Interaction Design and Product Design students at Glasgow School of Art today. Thank you, Inga. The ability to mix code and procedural thinking, with aesthetic consideration and critical awareness, allows students to create interactive virtual and physical artefacts, and gives graduates access to the exciting and innovative […]
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Bristol JS – IOT MeetUp
I took my ‘UFO People‘ API talk over to Bristol for their JS MeetUp. Thank you to Adam Butler for inviting me and Just Eat for hosting. It was fun night, superb crowd and great questions. I had a blast! Likely to be on of the last outings for this talk ‘looking at examples of ‘codeless’ […]
Speaking at DXN
This month I had the opportunity to travel to Nottingham to speak at the tenth DXN event (Design Exchange Nottingham) organised by Jamie Huskisson of JH. It’s “a monthly meetup about web design. Featuring inspiring talks from renowned speakers and local voices that will enrich and excite“.
Spotify’s DJ Apron
Adding flavour to the connected kitchen. Stirring, whisking, kneading and rolling. Cooking is fun and messy and best done to your favourite tunes. But changing music with soiled hands just gets your devices dirty. To solve this problem, our team in London turned to e-textiles, conductive thread, interactive fabrics, LED lights and stitched Spotify functionality into an apron.
Speaker at Reasons To Be Creative conference
Firstly, I had a blast! The Reasons To Be Creative conference/festival was such a great opportunity to meet people and meet luminaries across the creative and tech fields. So inspiring! My session was titled “Welcome UFO People” and related to a quote by author Tim Robbins, “Be your own flying saucer, rescue yourself”. I spoke for 45 […]