The Interview and the first cyber war.

BBC News - Sony comedy The Interview opens



You do wonder if this is the result of North Korea responding to the online distribution of 'the interview' on Google + Xbox + Sony networks. Perhaps it's just the networks not able to account for the number of new users with new machines at Christmas ( more likely). 



I do feel people will look back on the last few weeks and some future historians will mark this off and declare it the beginning of the first cyber war (possibly first cyber skirmish who knows).

Book deal signed.

I am very pleased to announce that I and my fellow editors have today signed a deal with Springer for an edited book on Architecture and Interaction. 

http://www.springer.com/gb/

I find it hard to get the right words to tell you how excited I am about this

CHI2015 here we come

I got some very pleasing news today that the paper Paul and I wrote. 
Display blindness? Looking again at the visibility of situated displays using eye-tracking (paper number 236)

 athas been accepted as a full paper at CHI. 

Wohoo. 

Good news doesn't get better than this.

JIBO: The World's First Family Robot

It's looking like 2015 will be the year of the voice driven interface. First echo and now this. Although JIBO looks like it has more character through its use of motion ( thank you Pixar  and Luxor lamp) .



To be honest I'd like one of these so I can be a participant in meetings at work. Am still not a big fan of voice driven interfaces. let's see.

Fun looking Phone interaction design app

Mitya - The fastest way to prototype interactions



Another intreasting app  this time specialising in transitions and movement.

Fun looking Phone interaction design app

Mitya - The fastest way to prototype interactions



Another intreasting app  this time specialising in transitions and movement.