Thoughts and ideas of a dyslexic designer/developer
Interesting to think about while watching the Microsoft Windows 10 launch… What even happened to the Ubuntu on Android?
Update: A number of friends commented on my blog entry.
@cubicgarden Ubuntu phone which is launching at some point this month I believe http://t.co/HrmbvGJrkW
— Tom Moitié ⚛ (@tmoitie) February 5, 2015
Jas finds an engadget entry talking about how the launch will be limited to Europe and the East.
https://twitter.com/Jas/status/563777195114770432
I like Google Calendar a lot, specially because all my calendars are now inside of Google Calendar. Even my work calendar is inside of Google Calendar because I can’t stand to have multiple calendars again. So it would be great to have access to Google Calendar when I’m wondering around the flat without having to switching on a device and load up the calendar app.
The closes I’ve gotten to this to date is my Archos 70 tablet which sits on my coffee table as a XBMC remote. I’ve loaded a couple more things on to it including a Transmission remote, Yaste, Audio monitor, Plex, XBMC remote and Calender. Because its running Android 2.2 (Froyo) theres no Google now or Daydream support which is a shame because this is where I would use it.
So a wall mounted Google Calendar certainly rings bells, however with the price of Tablets now a day, I just don’t see the point. They all pretty much come with a Wide-SVGA or higher resolution and Wifi/Bluetooth. It would be easy to turn one of these into a wall mounted calendar with the right software (Any Cal?).
The massive price drop of tablets has also prompted me to reconsider the wireless picture frame. A tablet running the right software and a well setup daydream mode would make a great self updating picture frame. Specially if the Plex UPnP thing works as it should. Heck because your using a tablet, you could use RSS feeds with enclosures to get pictures on to the device. Or some other type solution.
What ever, now is a great time buy those cheap tablets… I’m certainly keeping eye out for the sub £50 ones in the New Years sales.
Can’t believe I’ve not blogged about this epic rant about The Future Of Interaction Design.
Tony highlighted it to me and for once, we were in agreement… The future of interaction design is not glass interfaces and pictures/icons/pictograms under it…
Theres some great examples of why pictures under glass doesn’t work…
Okay then, how do we manipulate things? As it turns out, our fingers have an incredibly rich and expressive repertoire, and we improvise from it constantly without the slightest thought. In each of these pictures, pay attention to the positions of all the fingers, what’s applying pressure against what, and how the weight of the object is balanced:
Absolutely the amount of gestures, positions and repertoire fingers can perform is dazzling.
Remember the saying for tricks, the hand is quicker than the eye…
So what is the Future Of Interaction?
The most important thing to realize about the future is that it’s a choice. People choose which visions to pursue, people choose which research gets funded, people choose how they will spend their careers.
I could jump in with a rant about how certain companies are limiting choice but I won’t…
I believe that hands are our future…
Absolutely! 3 things pointing at the early future of the interaction…