On the Eye
After the Transport Museum, we went on the Eye. Thanks to a quirk of timing, we had an entire compartment to ourselves. via flickr Previous to getting on
Transport Museum
Today we took Mom and the kids to the London Transport Museum. via flickr It's at Covent Garden, and is a fun place, but with the exposed metal
Punting on the Cam
On Sunday morning my kids and mother arrived from California. Monday morning we went punting on the Cam. I'd been once before, but Heather and I felt it
The end
It had to happen some time.... via flickr
Packing up my office
It's my last day at Microsoft Research Cambridge. with the exception of a couple papers, which I'll finish reading and then recycle, I seem to have cleared out
Embodied interaction in your in-box: Gmail Motion
Awesome: "The mouse and keyboard were invented before the Internet even existed. Since then, countless technological advancements have allowed for much more efficient human computer interaction. Why then
Consumption versus improvement: can you buy your way to concentration?
Last post of the night, as I'm really supposed to be working on at least three other things (one of which is a popular version of the giant
Another example of Zenware: FocusWriter
A while ago I looked at the design and rhetoric of Zenware, distraction-free software (mainly writing programs). Today I found another: the cross-platform FocusWriter. FocusWriter is a fullscreen,
Is a second machine a real solution to Internet distraction disorder?
Mike Elgan at Computerworld has a column about overcoming "Internet distraction disorder:" Get a second computer, and use it just for play. You probably already have a desktop