Cortana

11 years ago

You might have heard the news about Cortana, Microsoft's entry in the personal assistant space. I am very excited to…

Please raise your voice against fascism

11 years ago

Mpampis, my great childhood friend, recently posted on his Facebook timeline a variant of Martin Niemöller's "First they came" poem.…

Honesty in user interface design

11 years ago

I liked the "Dark Patterns: inside interfaces designed to trick you" article by Harry Brignull. Honesty in how we interact…

Make computers disappear from every desk and every home

11 years ago

Disclaimer: As everything else in this blog, what follows is my personal opinion! It shouldn't be news to anyone that…

Glastonbury 2013

11 years ago

Another year, another great Glastonbury. It’s already been a month since our trip to the UK for the annual Glastonbury…

I knew I had some alien blood in me :-)

11 years ago

Mary and I recently did the 23andme thing. I know it’s not as accurate as other methods but I still…

Convergence of User Experiences

12 years ago

Disclaimer: These thoughts do NOT represent strategy or plans by my team or company. They are just that... thoughts. The…

On Graph Data Model Design – Relationships

12 years ago

Context: Jim mentioned in his QCon talk that I am advocating for hypergraphs as the model of choice when designing…

QCon London 2013 – “A Platform for All That We Know”

12 years ago

A couple of weeks ago I attended QCon London 2013* where I had the pleasure of giving a version of…

Let’s teach kids how to code

12 years ago

What a great initiative from the leaders of our field: “code.org is a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming…