Monthly Archives: January 2008

Diversions 111

The Long Now Foundation Every now and then, you discover something ridiculously good and wonder how you’ve not managed to find it before. This is one of those things (thanks Sophie). I’ve only listened to two of the podcasts so … Continue reading

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Pure phase

The common theme for my weekend seems to have been phase transitions. Firstly I got hooked on this dynamic traffic simulation. I wasted an inordinate amount of time trying to discover tipping points for traffic jams. I blame Mat Webb’s … Continue reading

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Diversions 109

Dynamic traffic simulation Love this (from Interconnected). I’m no programmer, but I see this as a useful model for expressing the concepts/benefits of OOP. In fact, when I was studying for my MA, I tried to build something like this … Continue reading

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Diversions 7

Happy New Year people. I begrudgingly stayed in this evening (it’s Friday). Here’s the guff I looked at: Star Wars and UX Okay, I freely admit to being lured in by the Star Wars thing but there’s some great material … Continue reading

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