http://www.alandix.com/blog just starting ... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:33:51 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en a few images from Madrid ... Sunday day out with Estefania, Alex (in pushchair), Mari-Carmen, Pablo, Miguel Cervantes in Alcala and an elephant in Madrid The ancient University of Alcala and in Alacala town, shops and storks http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/03/03/in-madrid/ Cymru am Byth! http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/03/01/st-davids-day/ Naming things seems relatively unproblematic until you try to do it -- ask any couple with a baby on the way.  Naming files is no easier. Earlier today Fiona @lovefibre was using the MAC OS Time Machine to retrieve an old version of a file (let's call it "fisfile.doc").  She wanted ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/02/17/names-a-file-by-any-other-name/ While writing the last post and searching for a references, I noticed that I'd never made available the notes of a talk I gave at the "Design and Non-Place Workshop" in Edinburgh back in 2005. So I have just put "Not for itself: insider/outsider orientation of place and signage ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/02/13/not-for-itself/ I've been reading bits of Richard Sennett's [book isbn="0141022094"]The Craftsman[/book] ((Richard Sennett, [book isbn="0141022094"]The Craftsman[/book], Penguin, 2009)) off and on for some months. It has had many resonances, and I meant to write a post about it after reading its very first chapter. However, for now it is ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/02/13/total-quality-total-reward-and-total-commitment/ ... well Queen Mary, University of London anyway. Giving a talk on "The New Media of Digital Light" ((work with Joe and Angie on Firefly technology)). While there I was given interesting tours of various research groups in the School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science at QML ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/02/03/been-to-london-to-visit-the-queen/ Many people already knew this was happening, but for those that don't -- I am now officially a part-time university academic. Now this does not mean I'm going to be a part-time academic, quite the opposite.  The reason for moving to working part-time at the University is to give me freedom ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/02/02/now-part-time/ [book isbn="0321384016"][/book]I've been (belatedly) reading Adam Greenfield's [book isbn="0321384016"]Everyware: The Dawning Age of Ubiquitous Computing[/book]. By 'everywhere' he means the pervasive insinuation of inter-connected computation into all aspects of our lives -- ubiquitous/pervasive computing but seen in terms of lives not artefacts. Published in 2006, and so I guess ... http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/01/28/not-quite-everywhere/ ... and in the afternoon, the mountains of Jura ethereal over the sea http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/01/03/afternoon-sky/ Morning sky looking south from Tiree towards Jura and the Ross of Mull http://www.alandix.com/blog/2010/01/03/morning-sky/