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A hallway conversation with Hiroshi Ishii and Lian Loke

When you have a moment to be advised by someone who leads the world in a field of enquiry, it's good to listen closely.

Personal, tangible, emotional

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Experience Art

Back in 2008 I presented a paper at OZCHI in Cairns, and met a few of my research heroes. I documented the experience on Twitter, but despite my optimism at the time there is no longer any trace of those tweets. So this year...

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Creativity and Cognition 2011

Just back from Creativity and Cognition 2011, which was truly ace. I gave the paper I wrote with my co-supervisor, Prof. Ernest Edmonds, which people seemed to like. Saw some thought-provoking presentations and met a number of inspiring and wonderful people. Here are some highlights:

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Reclaiming Affordances

The next time you're about to use the word “affordance”, please stop and check if the word “cue” would work instead. Because if it would, then you're doing it wrong. And here's why that matters.

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Creativity and Cognition 2009

In a few hours I’m off to Berkeley for Creativity and Cognition 2009 to participate in the Graduate Symposium. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Ben Shneiderman, Jane Prophet and my advisor Ernest Edmonds...