Nick Richards — Nick Richards

Eastman-Kodak’s promise ‘You press the button, we do the rest’ I’m fed up with presenters mentioning Apple and the iPhone already, especially American presenters who wouldn’t know a decent phone if it hit them. /\ ^ / \ | Exp/erie\nce | /___\ | Evolution of the product category (further up is better) /Features\ | /____\ | / Tech \ | /___________\ | Makes a point about the VCR exploding into complexity and that the blinking 00:00 on the clock was a sad indictment of the ‘experience’ industry. »

I didn’t spend as much time taking notes in this talk as I was enjoying it too much. Lisa points to the successes of UCD and Agile in making great designs and programs but notes that doing UCD and then following it on with doing Agile on the result doesn’t really work. She slags of the functional spec, as you might expect, but then again she specifically notes she’s not dealing with offshoring. »

Very american. I am currently in Brighton and am thus not entirely impressed. Also morning grumpy. Slags off the Sansa e210 by comparing it to the iPod but doesn’t talk about the Sansa connect with wifi, Embedded Linux and other goodies. Sort of like slagging off the iPod by comparing the shuffle to a HiFi. Some strange stats abuse re: iTunes downloads at 650 million vs copies of Windows and iPod sales at 110 million vs Zune sales at 1 million. »

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Civ4 + Minesweeper=? Try Oasis the Game Independent Game of the Year 2005 www.oasisgame.com Now that’s how you advertise to me. »

Children of Men’s unflinching depiction of a dystopian, facistic future Britain is undeniably unsettling yet you do have to admire the fact that our future post-apocalyptic overlords run their double decker buses with the doors open at all times, mimicking the routemaster hop on, hop off behaviour. Good work future, continue. »

I went to Washington (DC that is) on holiday. I’m back now. I have seen The West Wing. I have seen the Oval Office. I have seen a Baby Panda. I have seen very many Flags. I have seen very many SUVs and Trucks. I have seen Coca-Cola Blak (and drunk it). I have seen sausages that are on a mission from God. I have seen through a Toilet Door. I have seen Clerks 2. »

List of the day: Text message (default selection) Multimedia message Audio message E-mail Blog entry Mail for Exchange Every single time. Although I am pleased that Audio message is in there, a year of my life was clearly not wasted at all. »

So there’s good news and bad news about Prince of Persia Classic. The good news is that it’s a marvellous remake of a beloved game where the only changes are good things. The bad news is that I’m still no good at it. On the positive side another 15 years of gaming has brought me a whole level further into the game; on the negative side I’m still no good at the fighting. »

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