Ipadification

With the Museumbattle just a few days behind us, it is a personal relief that the solutions students presented for several museums were not all technology driven. I think we heard the words 'QR code' only once or twice. Of course there was technology involved, such as interactive screens in the museums as a solution for explaining the development of innovative products, and, no small matter, for world peace. But these technology solutions were kept nicely in balance with solutions that focused on the museum visitors. Better still they let the museum be the museum and set out to actively engage potential visitor by visiting their neighbourhood. A bus taking 'Klokhuis' and 'Beeld en Geluid' on tour, visiting schools, and the winner of the Mediabattle actually put people together in each others living room to share experiences on favourite personal cultural objects…

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“The new reading experience”

Next year I’m going to do my ‘masters’ study and I’m looking forward to it. My research subject will be “The New Reading”. In anticipation of this research I bought - no my wife bought me - an e-reader called Be-Book. I – I mean my wife – choose this one because it had a touchscreen and Wifi. IThese features seemed handy and the are. My first reading-experiences with are quit good. I like it. Its light, you don’t have the feeling of a ‘computerthingy’ and reading from e-Ink is definitely better than Light emitting screens. So as a consumer I’m not unhappy with it. As a developer I’m anxious to explore the limitations.

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How will I get my iFix?

I know that it's kind of predictable to write something about the iPad, but those who know me, know that I am hooked on all new Apple gadgets. iPad is Apple's newest gadget, a must-have for an addict such as myself. It is a multi touch tablet apparatus that's used for... well, we'll get back to that later. There's only one problem with it, but because the problem is related to it's usage, I'll get into that later as well. First a brief history how I became addicted to Apple.

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Loose the iPad! Get me an iProxy

Daily life is becoming more and more complex despite the increasing use of ‘intelligent’ applications and services. The latest being the iPad. Of course ‘intelligent’ is a term whose meaning is quite relative, as Negroponte has already subtly pointed out: “A dog can recognize you from your gait more than one hundred yards away, whereas a computer does not even know you are there. Almost any pet can tell when you are angry, but a computer does not have a clue. Even puppies know when they have done wrong; computers don’t.”

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