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Upgrading your embodiment
In 2002, I watched Stelarc at the CHI 2002 conference in Minneapolis, give his keynote speech entitled The body is obsolete. We used to talk a lot about obsolete software. Nowadays we mostly talk about giving software an upgrade. In … Continue reading
Goodbye Kubrick, hello twenty ten
Today I updated WordPress. Wow! I have blogged in the past about how much I love WordPress, but where have I been? The WordPress community have been busy making everything smart and sexy. The new dashboard and themes make me … Continue reading
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Tagged blogging, databases, online, Technical, technology, usability, user experience, WordPress
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Codebreaking: Humans are the weakest link
People are the weakest link in all computer systems. We hear about the best cryptography money can buy: integrity checking, sender/receiver identity authentication, digital signatures, and then someone leaves a list of passwords on a post-it note stuck above a … Continue reading
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Tagged analysis, artificial intelligence, bletchley, code breakers, cognitive science, computers, cryptography, Design, enigma, herivel, phishing, rejewski, security, support, technology, usability
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Visualisation: Information is power – just avoid drowning in data
(The Great Fire of London map at the British Library website) In the 1530s when Henry VIII realised that dissolving the monastries would get him much needed assets, he commissioned a map of London, paying particular attention to ‘lawless’ Southwark. … Continue reading